koinaro

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *koinarô; compare Trió kokonjarë, Waiwai kokoñoro, Ye'kwana koiñadö. Synchronically as if derived from koine (“in the afternoon”).

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [koɲɲaɺ̢o]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [kojʝaɺ̢o]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [kojɲaɺ̢o]

Adverb

koinaro

1. yesterday

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 297
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “koińaro”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 221; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 215
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “koijaro”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[3], University of Oregon, page 750