kusari
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kusari
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Etymology edit
First recorded in 1655 as oussali. Compare Akawaio usari, Pemon kusari, Yao (South America) oussari.
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Noun edit
kusari (possessed kusariry)
- (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