munepu

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *mɨnepu; compare Trió mïnepu, nnepu, Ye'kwana müneju, Akawaio miye', Pemon müne'pu, münek.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [muneːpu]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [muneʔpu]

Noun

munepu (possessed munepuru)

1. stairs, ladder
2. bridge

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 320
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “munepu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 306; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 299