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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *werewere; compare Apalaí erere, Trió werewere, Akawaio weruwe, Macushi ereuwe, Pemon weruwe, Ye'kwana wedesede.
Pronunciation
Noun
werewere (possessed werewerery)
- the housefly, Musca domestica
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 425
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wërë-wërë”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 518; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 507