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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *pɨrôw (“arrow”); compare Apalaí pyrou, Trió pïrëu, Wayana pïlëu, Akawaio pöröw, Macushi pîrîu, Pemon püröu, Yao (South America) mappoeroe, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi wɨwa.
Pronunciation
Noun
pyrywa (possessed pyrywary)
- wildcane, arrow cane, Gynerium sagittatum
- arrow, particularly one made out of wildcane
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 356
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “purïlwa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 394; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 385