wajamaka

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Akawaio wayama', Macushi wayamaka, Pemon wayamaka.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βaðaːmaka]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋajaːmaka]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [wajaːmaɡa]

Noun

wajamaka (possessed wajamakary)

1. iguana

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 420
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wayamaka”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 510; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 499