kurijara

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió kurijara, Wayana kulijala, Akawaio kuriyara, Macushi kuriyara, Pemon kuriyara, Ye'kwana kudiyada, as well as Lokono koriara.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [kuɺ̢ijjaɺ̢a]
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [kuɺ̢iːjaɺ̢a]

Noun

kurijara (possessed kurijarary)

1. curiara, dugout canoe

Descendants

• → Spanish: curiara
  • → English: curiara
• → Sranan Tongo: kruyara
  • → Dutch: korjaal

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 306
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kuriala”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 248; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 243