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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *pepeitô. Compare Trió pepei, Akawaio peseto, Ye'kwana jejeichö, jejenchö, Yao (South America) pepeïte.
Pronunciation
Noun
pepeito (possessed pepeitory)
- (Suriname) wind
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 342
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pepeiťo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 368; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 360