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Kari'na
Etymology
Compare Apalaí mauru, Trió maaru, Wayana mau.
Pronunciation
Noun
mauru (possessed maururu)
- cotton plant
- cotton
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 315
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “mauru”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 274; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 269
Latvian
Noun
mauru m
- inflection of maurs:
- accusative/instrumental singular
- genitive plural