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Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *ôtipi.
Pronunciation
Noun
asipi (possessed esipiry)
- lip
- in particular, the lower lip
- edge, rim, lip, border
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 244
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “esipirï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 161; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 159