Tamoucum
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Yao (South America)[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Proto-Cariban *tamu (“grandfather”). Compare Ye'kwana tamu (“grandfather”), Kari'na tamu (“grandfather”) (plural tamukon), tamusi (“grandfather, God”, as a direct address).
Proper noun[edit]
Tamoucum
Further reading[edit]
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642