asipi

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtipi.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [aʃippi]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [aʃiːpi]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [aʃiʔpi]

Noun

asipi (possessed esipiry)

1. lip
2. in particular, the lower lip
3. edge, rim, lip, border

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 244
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “esipirï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 161; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 159