Yao (South America)

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Etymology

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The -ly ending probably continues the Proto-Cariban possessed suffix *-rɨ. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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holopotaly

  1. stomach, belly

Further reading

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  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643