mepatoen

Yao (South America)

Etymology

For the second half of the word, perhaps compare Kari'na ainatone (“five”, literally “hand on the other side”), from atone (“on the other side”).

Numeral

mepatoen

1. five

Further reading

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