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Kari'na
Etymology
From aina (“hand”) + jumy (possessed form of jumy (“father”)), thus literally ‘father of the hand’.
Pronunciation
Noun
aina jumy (possessed ainary jumy)
- thumb
Derived terms
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 213
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aña”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 84; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 85