Etymology

piai

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Today it means: A shaman among the indigenous peoples of Guyana. Full definition →

Cariban ← Proto-Cariban *pɨjati
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  1. Proto-Cariban · derived from*pɨjati
  2. Cariban · borrowed from
  3. English todaypiai

From a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Kari'na pyjai, Trió pïjai, Akurio piyahi, Wayana pïjai, Yao (South America) peeiai (“shaman”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Cariban*pɨjati all →

piatza

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