mappoeroe

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Yao (South America)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pɨrôw (arrow) with an unknown prefix attached. Compare Kari'na pyrywa, Trió pïrëu, Wayana pïlëu, Macushi pîrîu.

Noun

mappoeroe

  1. arrow

Further reading

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