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Kari'na
Etymology
Compare Apalaí kapaxi, Trió kapai, Wayana kapasi, Trió kapai, Akawaio kapasi, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wapishana kapashi, Wayampi kapasi.
Pronunciation
Noun
kapasi (possessed kapasiry)
- a particular species of armadillo (exact identification uncertain)
- armadillo in general
- antlion
Descendants
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 290
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kapasi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 205; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 198
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From Kari'na kapasi.
Noun
kapasi
- armadillo
Descendants
Wayana
Etymology
Compare Kari'na kapasi, Wapishana kapashi.
Noun
kapasi
- armadillo