wywy
Kari'na
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cariban *wɨwɨ; compare Apalaí wywy, Trió wïwï, Wayana wïwï, Ye'kwana wüüwü, Yao (South America) oüoe.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwywy (possessed wyry)
References
edit- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 431
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wuil-wuil”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 537; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 527