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Etymology
From ty- + api (“red color”) + -re; compare Apalaí tahpire, Trió tamire, Wayana takpile.
Pronunciation
Adverb
tapire
- being red
- being ripe
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 382
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “api”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 90; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 91