ainatone

Kari'na

Kari'na cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ainatone

Etymology

Compound of aina (“hand”) +‎ atone (“on one side”).

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [aɲɲatoːne]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ajʝatoːne]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [ajɲadoːne]

Numeral

ainatone (nominalized ainatoneno)

1. five

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 107, 215
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aña-to-ne”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 84; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 86