Yao (South America) edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cariban *pôre (lower leg). The -lii ending continues the Proto-Cariban possessed suffix *-rɨ. Compare Apalaí pori, Kari'na pori, Trió përi, Ye'kwana jode.

Noun edit

pollelii

  1. leg

Further reading edit

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