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Etymology
From ijoroko (now meaning “savannah dog”, formerly probably *“evil spirit”) + -ran (“one having (a mass noun)”), with the former element from Proto-Cariban *ijoroko (“evil spirit”); compare Apalaí joroko, Trió joroko, Wayana jolok, Pemon iworok, Ye'kwana Odo'sha, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono jaloko.
Pronunciation
Noun
ijoròkan (possessed ijoròkany)
- evil spirit, devil
Descendants
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 272
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “yoroka”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 551; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 541