vniguené
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Yao (South America)[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *wônɨkɨ (“to sleep”). Compare Kari'na (w)ònyky, Ye'kwana ünükü. The final -né may be an intransitive-infinitive-forming suffix; compare Ye'kwana -nö.
Verb[edit]
vniguené
- to sleep
Further reading[edit]
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643