tonoro

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *torono, with metathesis; compare Apalaí torono, Trió tonoro, Akawaio toron, Macushi toron, Pemon torono, toron, Ye'kwana tonodo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tonoːɺ̢o]

Noun

tonoro (possessed tonorory)

1. bird

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 389
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “tonoro”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 466; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 456

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *torono, with metathesis; compare Apalaí torono, Kari'na tonoro, Akawaio toron, Macushi toron, Pemon torono, toron, Ye'kwana tonodo.

Noun

tonoro

1. bird