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Kari'na
Etymology
Compound of aina (“hand”) + atone (“on one side”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
ainatone (nominalized ainatoneno)
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References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 107, 215
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aña-to-ne”, 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 86