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Etymology
Either from Proto-Cariban or a South American Wanderwort; compare Apalaí ximari, Trió simari, Wayana simali, Waiwai simari, Akawaio simari, Macushi simari, Pemon simari, sumari, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono samari.
Pronunciation
Noun
semari (possessed semariry)
- yuca grater
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 366
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “semari”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 431; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 420