peeiai

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Yao (South America)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Apalaí pyaxi, Kari'na pyjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači, Trió pïjai, Wayana pïjai, Akawaio piyaisan, Pemon piyai, Ye'kwana jüwai, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi paye.

Noun

peeiai

  1. shaman

Further reading

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