akami

Japanese

Romanization

akami

1. Rōmaji transcription of あかみ

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió akami, Akawaio akami, Pemon yakami, Macushi akami, as well as Wayampi yakami, Sranan Tongo kamikami.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [akaːmi]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [aɡaːmi]

Noun

akami (possessed akamiry)

1. the agami or grey-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepitans

Descendants

• → French: agami
  • → English: agami
  • → Portuguese: agami
  • → Serbo-Croatian: agámi
  • → Spanish: agamí

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 216
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “akami”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 69; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 72

Scots

Noun

akami

1. Shetland form of akamy

References

• “akami” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.