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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *upumari; compare Trió pumari, Wayana pumali. By surface analysis, upu (“head”) + mari (root of marity (“down, feathers”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
ùmari (possessed ùmariry)
- crown of feathers, feather headdress
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 412
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “umari”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 477; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 467