peeiai
Yao (South America)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Apalaí pyaxi, Kari'na pyjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači, Trió pïjai, Wayana pïjai, Akawaio piyaisan, Pemon piyai, Ye'kwana jüwai, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi paye.
Further reading
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642
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