wypy

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wɨpɨ; compare Apalaí ypy, Trió pïï, Wayana ïpï, Waiwai ïpï, Akawaio wï', Macushi wî', Pemon wük, Ye'kwana jüü.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βɨppɨ]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋɨːpɨ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [wɨʔpɨ]

Noun

wypy (possessed wypyry)

1. mountain, hill

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 431
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wuilpï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 537; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 526