werewere

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *werewere; compare Apalaí erere, Trió werewere, Akawaio weruwe, Macushi ereuwe, Pemon weruwe, Ye'kwana wedesede.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βeɾeːβeɾe]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋeɾeːʋeɾe]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [weɾeːweɾe]

Noun

werewere (possessed werewerery)

1. the housefly, Musca domestica

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 425
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wërë-wërë”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 518; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 507