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Romanization edit

kusari

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くさり

Kari'na edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

First recorded in 1655 as oussali. Compare Akawaio usari, Pemon kusari, Yao (South America) oussari.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Suriname) IPA(key): [kusaːɺ̢i]

Noun edit

kusari (possessed kusariry)

  1. (Guyana, Suriname) the red brocket deer, Mazama americana

References edit

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 307
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kusari”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 254; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 249