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Etymology
From i- (adverbializer) + rupo (“weakness, tiredness”) + -`pa (negative adverbializer).
Pronunciation
Adverb
irùpa (nominalized irùpyn)
- being good, well
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 278
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “irupa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 184; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 179