pymy

From Proto-Cariban *pɨmɨ; compare Apalaí pymy, Trió pïmï, Wayana pïmï, Waiwai pïmï, Ye'kwana jümü, Akawaio pïmï, 'mï, Macushi pîmî, 'mî, Yao (South America) boppomery.

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [pɨmm(ɨ)]
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [pɨːm(ɨ)]

pymy (possessed pymyry)

1. neck (body part)
2. neck of a bottle

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 355
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pumu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 393; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 383