Yao (South America)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *wɨwɨ; compare Kari'na wywy, Ye'kwana wüüwü.

Noun

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oüoe

  1. axe

Further reading

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