powis

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Etymology

Compare Surinamese Dutch pauwies, Sranan Tongo powisi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

powis

  1. (Guyana) A black curassow (Crax alector).
    • 2017 April 23, Joanna Dhanraj, “Wowetta”, in Stabroek News:
      Whenever Domingo and her husband go hunting, they take their dogs, which, she boasted, are experts in catching agouti, labba, deer, turtle and powis.