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Etymology
Compare Pemon akuru. Ahlbrinck suggests a connection with the verb àku (“to use, to stretch, to knead”).
Pronunciation
Noun
akuru (possessed jakururu)
- mud, clay
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 220
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “akuru”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 76; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 79