tonimerou

Yao (South America)

Etymology

For the second half of the word, compare Apalaí konomeru, Kari'na konomeru, Ye'kwana kademedu (“thunder and lightning”). The first half of the word may be misrecorded, contaminated by Latin tonitru, which immediately precedes it on the page where the word is attested.

Noun

tonimerou

1. thunder

Further reading

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