pakira

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pakira; compare Apalaí pakira, Trió pakira, Wayana pakila, Akawaio pakira, Pemon pakira, Ye'kwana jakiya, Yao (South America) pockiero.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [pakijja]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [pakiːɾa]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [paɡiːɾa]

Noun

pakira (possessed pakirary)

1. the collared peccary, Dicotyles tajacu

Descendants

• → English: peccary
  • → Finnish: pekari
• → French: pécari
  • → German: Pekari
  • → Romanian: pecari
• → Italian: pecari
• → Portuguese: pecari
• → Spanish: báquiro, pecarí
• → Sranan Tongo: pakira

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 334
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pakira”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 355; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 347

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na pakira.

Noun

pakira

1. Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)