aipajawa

Kari'na

Pronunciation

• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ajpʲajaːʋa]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [ajhpʲajaːwa]

Noun

aipajawa (possessed aipajawary)

1. (Suriname) shark

Descendants

(probably:)

• → Kalinago: oibáyaoüa
  • Garifuna: weibeyuwa

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 215
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aiṕayawa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 68; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 71