weibeyuwa

Garifuna

Etymology

From Kalinago oibáyaoüa (“shark”) (attested as such in Fray Breton’s 1665 Carib-French Dictionary), itself borrowed from a Cariban language, most likely Kari'na aipajawa (“shark”).

Noun

weibeyuwa

shark

References

Breton, Raymond (1665) Dictionaire caraïbe-français [Carib-French Dictionary] (in French), Éditions Karthala, published 1999, →ISBN, page 197.