aipajawa

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Pronunciation

Noun

aipajawa (possessed aipajawary)

  1. (Suriname) shark

Descendants

(probably:)

  • Kalinago: oibáyaoüa

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 215
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aiṕayawa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 68; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 71