woku
Kari'na edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *woku; compare Apalaí oku, Trió jokï, Wayana okï, Waiwai woku, Akawaio uku, Macushi woku, Pemon wok, Ye'kwana wokü.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
woku (possessed wokuru)
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 428
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “woku”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 525; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 514