kapasi

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Apalaí kapaxi, Trió kapai, Wayana kapasi, Trió kapai, Akawaio kapasi, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wapishana kapashi, Wayampi kapasi.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [kapaːʃi]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [kabaːʃi]

Noun

kapasi (possessed kapasiry)

1. a particular species of armadillo (exact identification uncertain)
2. armadillo in general
3. antlion

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: kapasi
  • → Dutch: kapasie

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 290
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kapasi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 205; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 198

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Kari'na kapasi.

Noun

kapasi

1. armadillo

Descendants

• → Dutch: kapasie

Wayana

Etymology

Compare Kari'na kapasi, Wapishana kapashi.

Noun

kapasi

1. armadillo