weju

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *weju.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βeːðu]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋeːju]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [weːju]

Noun

weju (possessed wejuru)

1. sun
2. dry season

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 424
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “weyu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 519; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 509