Wiktionary

kapasi

Kari'na edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

kapasi (possessed kapasiry)

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

Descendants edit

  • → Sranan Tongo: kapasi

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Kari'na kapasi.

Noun edit

kapasi

  1. armadillo

Descendants edit

Wayana edit

Etymology edit

Compare Kari'na kapasi, Wapishana kapashi.

Noun edit

kapasi

  1. armadillo
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