Kari'na edit

Etymology edit

Compare Apalaí konomeru, Akawaio korïme, Pemon korme, Ye'kwana kademedu, Yao (South America) tonimerou.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

konomeru (possessed konomeruru)

  1. thunder

References edit

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 298
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “konomeru”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 224; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 218
  • Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “konomeru”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume[3], University of Oregon, page 751