parona

Yao (South America)

Etymology

Compare Kari'na parana, Akawaio paraw, Macushi pîrana, Pemon parana, parau, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono bara, Wayampi parana.

Noun

parona

1. sea

Further reading

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