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