ijoròkan

Kari'na

Etymology

From ijoroko (now meaning “savannah dog”, formerly probably *“evil spirit”) +‎ -ran (“one having (a mass noun)”), with the former element from Proto-Cariban *ijoroko (“evil spirit”); compare Apalaí joroko, Trió joroko, Wayana jolok, Pemon iworok, Ye'kwana Odo'sha, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono jaloko.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [joːɺ̢ohkã]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʝoːɺ̢ohkã]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [joːɺ̢ohkã]

Noun

ijoròkan (possessed ijoròkany)

1. evil spirit, devil

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: yorka

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 272
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “yoroka”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 551; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 541