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Kari'na
Etymology
From ty- + amùn (“white color”) + -re; compare Trió tamutune, Waiwai tumutwe, Pemon aimu'nan.
Pronunciation
Adverb
tamùne
- being white
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 378
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “amu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 82; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 84