ouamonu

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Yao (South America)[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Ye'kwana waamonö, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *amo (to weep for); compare Kari'na amo.

Verb[edit]

ouamonu

  1. to cry, to weep

Further reading[edit]

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