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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban ; compare Trió pau, Wayana pau, Akawaio opa'wï, Pemon pa'wü.
Pronunciation
Noun
pàwu (possessed pàwuru)
- (West Suriname) island
Proper noun
pàwu (possessed pàwuru) (West Suriname)
- Holland
- Europe
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 341
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pa’u”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 366; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 357