Kari'na

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *tukuti; compare Apalaí tukuxi, Trió tukui, Wayana tukui, Akawaio tukui, Macushi tukui, Pemon tukui, Ye'kwana tukui, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono tukusi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tukusi (possessed tukusiry)

  1. the sparkling violetear, Colibri coruscans
  2. hummingbird in general

References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 392
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “túkusi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 471; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 460