hoenaly

Yao (South America)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôwna. The -ly ending continues the Proto-Cariban possessed suffix *-rɨ. Compare Ye'kwana önna.

Noun

hoenaly

1. nose

Further reading

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642