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Kari'na
Etymology
From kò (“scream, cry, yell”) + -ta (verbalizer); compare Apalaí kohta, and, from the same root, but with a different construction, Trió këhtumï, Ye'kwana kö'tümü.
Pronunciation
Verb
kòta
- (intransitive, patientive) to scream, to shout, to yell
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 300
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ko”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 219; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 213
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kóta”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 228; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 222
- Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “kohta”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume, University of Oregon, page 750