woryi

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wôrɨti; compare Apalaí (w)oryxi, Trió wëri, Wayana wëlïi, Akawaio wuri, Macushi wîri, Pemon wörü, Ye'kwana wodi, Yao (South America) waryee.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βoːɺ̢i]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋoːɺ̢ɨj]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [woːɺ̢ɨj]

Noun

woryi (possessed woryiry, plural woryijan)

1. woman

   Antonym: wokyry

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 429
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wori”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 531; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 520