peeiai

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Yao (South America)

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Apalaí pyaxi, Kari'na pyjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači, Trió pïjai, Wayana pïjai, Akawaio piyaisan, Pemon piyai, Ye'kwana jüwai, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi paye.

Noun

[edit]

peeiai

  1. shaman

Further reading

[edit]
  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642