weyaus

Powhatan

Étymologie

Du proto-algonquien *wiˑyawehsi.

Nom commun

weyaus (wiˑyaˑss)

1. Viande.

Notes

Terme du vocabulaire powhatan de William Strachey recueilli en Virginie en 1611-1612.

Références

Frank T. Siebert Jr., Resurrecting Virginia Algonquian from the Dead : The Reconstituted and Historical Phonology of Powhatan, Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages, The University of Georgia Press, Athens (GA), 1975