chyvis

Updated: November 4, 2024

The principal natives are sometimes called sacchus and sometimes jura. A man who has distinguished himself in conflict with an enemy and whose face is scarred, is regarded as a hero and is called cupra, The people are called chyvis, and a man is home. When they wish to say, "That's for you, my man," the phrase is, "Hoppa home."

- De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2): The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera