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Kari'na
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *pôinôkô; compare Apalaí poinoko, Trió ponjeke, pënjeke, Wayana pëinëkë, Waiwai poinko, Akawaio pöinkö, Macushi pinkî, Pemon poyinkö, Yao (South America) pingo, panigo, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Sranan Tongo pingo.
Pronunciation
Noun
pyinko (possessed pyinkory)
- (East Suriname) the white-lipped peccary, Tayassu pecari
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 355
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “poinďo (puinďo)”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, pages 379, 370; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956
- Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “poinko”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume, University of Oregon, page 793