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Esmeralda
Etymology
Seler suggested that this term might be cognate or related to Pumé ui, vi (“water”), but this is now considered unlikely.
Noun
uvve
- water
- Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes, citing Seler 1902 and Jijón y Caamaño 1941:
- úvve karó-le : red-coloured water
- river
References
- Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: "uwi o uwe en esmeraldeño"
- Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: uwi
- Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño, El Ecuador Interandino y Occidental, antes de la Conquista ... (1941): uvve; uvi; "en este idioma uivi, uvvi, uvoi, uvve es agua y río"; "uvvi en Esmeraldeño"
- América (1934), volume 9, page 336: "en la lengua Esmeralda agua es uvi o uivi"