vniguené

Yao (South America)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wônɨkɨ (“to sleep”). Compare Kari'na (w)ònyky, Ye'kwana ünükü. The final -né may be an intransitive-infinitive-forming suffix; compare Ye'kwana -nö.

Verb

vniguené

1. to sleep

Further reading

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