arukuma

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Apalaí maparukawa, Trió urutura, as well as Lokono warokoma, Wayampi arukama.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [aɺ̢ukkumwa]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [aɺ̢uːkuma]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [aɺ̢uʔkuma]

Noun

arukuma (possessed arukumary)

1. planet, wandering star

Derived terms

• potòsu arukuma
• kòwarono arukuma

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 241
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “arukuma”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 104; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 105