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Finnish
Noun
parana
- essive singular of para
Anagrams
Kari'na
Etymology
Compare Akawaio paraw, Macushi pîrana, Pemon parana, parau, Yao (South America) parona, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono bara, Wayampi parana, Old Tupi paranã.
Pronunciation
Noun
parana (possessed paranary)
- sea
- waves, agitated water
Derived terms
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 337
- Hoff, B. J. (1968) The Carib Language: Phonology, Morphonology, Morphology, Texts and Word Index, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “parana”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 361; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 353