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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tukuti; compare Apalaí tukuxi, Trió tukui, Wayana tukui, Akawaio tukui, Macushi tukui, Pemon tukui, Ye'kwana tukui, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono tukusi.
Pronunciation
Noun
tukusi (possessed tukusiry)
- the sparkling violetear, Colibri coruscans
- hummingbird in general
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 392
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “túkusi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 471; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 460