pakira

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Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pakira; compare Apalaí pakira, Trió pakira, Wayana pakila, Akawaio pakira, Pemon pakira, Ye'kwana jakiya, Yao (South America) pockiero.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pakira (possessed pakirary)

the collared peccary, Dicotyles tajacu

Descendants

→ English: peccary
- → Finnish: pekari
→ French: pécari
- → German: Pekari
- → Romanian: pecari
→ Italian: pecari
→ Portuguese: pecari
→ Spanish: báquiro, pecarí
→ Sranan Tongo: pakira

References

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 334
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pakira”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 355; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 347

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na pakira.

Noun

pakira

Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)

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