ouamonu

Yao (South America)

Etymology

Cognate to Ye'kwana waamonö, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *amo (“to weep for”); compare Kari'na amo.

Verb

ouamonu

1. to cry, to weep

Further reading

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