Wiktionary

wokyry

Kari'na edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

wokyry (possessed wokyryry, plural wokyryjan)

  1. (Guyana, Suriname) man (male person)
    Antonym: woryi

References edit

  • 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
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