tapyi

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Apalaí tapyi, Pemon tapüi, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi tapui.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [taːpi]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [taːpɨj]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [taʔpɨj]

Noun

tapyi (possessed tapyiry)

1. large communal house, community center, town hall

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 383
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “tapui”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 456; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 446