parona

Yao (South America)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi paranã (“sea”). Compare also Kari'na parana, Akawaio paraw, Macushi pîrana, Pemon parana, parau, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Arawak bara, Wayampi parana.

Noun

parona

  1. sea

Further reading
  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643
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