pèja

See also: peja and Peja

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Akawaio peya'.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [peʔða]
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [peʔja]

Noun

pèja (possessed pèjary)

1. shore, waterside
2. harbor

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 341
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “peya”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 373; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 364