comi
Asturian
Galician
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.miː/, [ˈkoːmiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.mi/, [ˈkɔːmi]
Portuguese
Yao (South America)
Usage notes
Kinship terminology in Cariban languages functions very differently from that in Indo-European languages. For this reason, it is unclear if the recorded meaning of this word ‘daughter’ accurately reflects the meaning in the original language.
Further reading
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643
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