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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *ôterɨwawô; compare Apalaí oseruwau, Trió ëerao, Wayana ëselowau, Waiwai osoruwaw, Akawaio osorowa, osorïwau, Macushi eserîwî, Pemon eserau, Ye'kwana aduwaawö, öudawö, Yao (South America) terrewaw.
Pronunciation
Numeral
óruwa (nominalized oruwano)
- three
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 107, 331
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “oroa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 347; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 339