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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *jôtɨpô. By surface analysis, je (“tooth”) + -`po (uncontrolledly or formerly possessed suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
jèpo (possessed jèpory, plural jèsan)
- bone
- fishbone
- hard piece of liana left over and discarded after scraping away the outer bark and sapwood (which are used as medicine)
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 285
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “yepo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 550; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 539