huoroye
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Yao (South America)[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *rui; compare Apalaí ryxi, rui, Kari'na yryi, yrui, Akawaio rui, Macushi rui, Pemon rui, Ye'kwana dui.
Noun[edit]
huoroye
Usage notes[edit]
Kinship terminology in Cariban languages functions very differently from that in Indo-European languages. For this reason, it is unclear if the recorded meaning of this word ‘brother’ accurately reflects the meaning in the original language.
Further reading[edit]
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643