ouapoto
Yao (South America)
Etymology
From
Proto-Cariban
*wapoto
. Cognate to
Apalaí
apoto
,
Kari'na
wàto
,
Ye'kwana
wa'to
.
Noun
ouapoto
fire
Further reading
de Laet, Johannes (1633)
Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII
,
page 643