pakira
Kari'na
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cariban *pakira; compare Apalaí pakira, Trió pakira, Wayana pakila, Akawaio pakira, Pemon pakira, Ye'kwana jakiya, Yao (South America) pockiero.
Pronunciation
edit- (Venezuela) IPA(key): [pakijja]
- (West Suriname) IPA(key): [pakiːɾa]
- (East Suriname) IPA(key): [paɡiːɾa]
Noun
editpakira (possessed pakirary)
Descendants
edit- → English: peccary
- → Finnish: pekari
- → French: pécari
- → Italian: pecari
- → Portuguese: pecari
- → Spanish: báquiro, pecarí
- → Sranan Tongo: pakira
References
edit- 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
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