powis

English

Etymology

Compare Surinamese Dutch pauwies, Sranan Tongo powisi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

powis

  1. (Guyana) A black curassow (Crax alector).
    • 2017 April 23, Joanna Dhanraj, “Wowetta”, in Stabroek News‎[1]:
      Whenever Domingo and her husband go hunting, they take their dogs, which, she boasted, are experts in catching agouti, labba, deer, turtle and powis.
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