karìna

See also: karina, Karina, and Karīna

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaɺ̢iʔɲa]

Noun

karìna (possessed karìnary)

1. human, person
2. Amerindian
3. Carib/Kari'na person specifically

Derived terms

• karìna auran

 

Descendants

• → Akawaio: kari'na
• → English: Kari'na, Kari'nja, Kalina, Karìna, Kariña, Carina, Cari'na, Kalinya
• → Ye'kwana: kadi'ña
• → Pemon: kari'na

Numeral

karìna

1. (as a component in other numerals) twenty

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 1, 293
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kalińa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 191; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 185