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Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).
Pronunciation
Noun
karìna (possessed karìnary)
- human, person
- Amerindian
- Carib/Kari'na person specifically
Derived terms
Descendants
Numeral
karìna
- (as a component in other numerals) twenty
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 1, 293
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kalińa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 191; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 185