kùmisako

Kari'na

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [kuʔmwiʃaːko]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [kuʔmiʃaːko]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [kuʔmiʃaʔko]

Noun

kùmisako (possessed kùmisakory)

1. cutaneous larva migrans; creeping eruption

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: konsaka

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 302
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kumisako”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956