asipi

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Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtipi.

Pronunciation

Noun

asipi (possessed esipiry)

  1. lip
  2. in particular, the lower lip
  3. 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