pïjai

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Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Taranoan *pɨjaci,[1] from Proto-Cariban *pɨjati. Compare Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači, Ye'kwana jüwai (shaman).

Pronunciation

Noun

pïjai

  1. shaman

References

  • Carlin, Eithne (2004) A Grammar of Trio: A Cariban Language of Suriname, Frankfurt am Main, page 14
  1. ^ Meira, Sérgio (1998) A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Inflectional Morphology, Houston: Rice University