Kari'na

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *wɨwɨ; compare Apalaí wywy, Trió wïwï, Wayana wïwï, Ye'kwana wüüwü, Yao (South America) oüoe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wywy (possessed wyry)

  1. axe

References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 431
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wuil-wuil”, 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 527