Kari'na edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Suriname) IPA(key): [aʔembo]

Adverb edit

àempo (Guyana, Suriname)

  1. being ready
  2. being finished, done

References edit

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 249
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “a'embo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 66; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 69
  • Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “aempo”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume[3], University of Oregon, page 707