arukuma

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Etymology

Compare Apalaí maparukawa, Trió urutura, as well as Lokono warokoma, Wayampi arukama.

Pronunciation

Noun

arukuma (possessed arukumary)

  1. planet, wandering star

Derived terms

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 241
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “arukuma”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 104; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 105