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Kari'na
Etymology
Compound of parana (“sea”) + kyry (“young man”, related to wokyry), thus literally “(young) man of the sea”. Compare Trió paranakïrï, Waiwai paranakarï, Akawaio paranakïrï, Pemon paranakürü.
Pronunciation
Noun
paranakyry (possessed paranakyryry) (Suriname)
- white person, European
- stranger
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 337
- 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