wokyry

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• wykyry (Venezuela)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wôkɨrɨ; compare Trió kïrï, Pemon kurai.

Pronunciation

• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋokɨːɺ̢ɨ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [woɡɨːɺ̢ɨ]

Noun

wokyry (possessed wokyryry, plural wokyryjan)

1. (Guyana, Suriname) man (male person)

   Antonym: woryi

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 428
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wokërë”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 524; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 513