waruma
Kari'na
editEtymology
editPerhaps from Proto-Cariban *waruma; compare Apalaí aruma, Trió waruma, Wayana waluma, Pemon warimu, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi aruma, Sranan Tongo warimbo.
Pronunciation
edit- (Venezuela) IPA(key): [βaɺ̢ummwa]
- (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʋaɺ̢uːma]
- (East Suriname) IPA(key): [waɺ̢uːma]
Noun
editwaruma (possessed warumary)
- a tall cane, Ischnosiphon sp., from which most basketry strips are made
- basketry, wickerwork
- (French Guiana) loincloth
References
edit- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 423
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “waruma”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 497; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 486