wypy
Kari'na
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cariban *wɨpɨ; compare Apalaí ypy, Trió pïï, Wayana ïpï, Waiwai ïpï, Akawaio wï', Macushi wî', Pemon wük, Ye'kwana jüü.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwypy (possessed wypyry)
References
edit- 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