`kare

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Kari'na

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Etymology

Compare Trió hkarë.

Pronunciation

Particle

`kare

  1. (Guyana, Suriname) indicates that the speaker is incredulous at something the person addressed says or thinks; what, you really think …?!; just imagine!

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 293
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “karë”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 211; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 204