paranakyry

Kari'na

Etymology

Compound of parana (“sea”) +‎ kyry (“young man”, related to wokyry), thus literally “(young) man of the sea”. Compare Trió paranakïrï, Waiwai paranakarï, Akawaio paranakïrï, Pemon paranakürü.

Pronunciation

• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [paɺ̢aːnakɨːɺ̢ɨ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [paɺ̢aːnaɡɨːɺ̢ɨ]

Noun

paranakyry (possessed paranakyryry) (Suriname)

1. white person, European
2. stranger

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 337
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “parana”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 361; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 353