pyrake
Kari'na edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compare Wayampi pɨrake, Sranan Tongo prake.
Pronunciation edit
- (Venezuela) IPA(key): [pɨɺ̢ɰaːke]
- (West Suriname) IPA(key): [pɨɺ̢aːke]
- (East Suriname) IPA(key): [pɨɺ̢aʔke]
Noun edit
pyrake (possessed pyrakery) (Suriname, Venezuela)
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 356
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “purake”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 394; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 384