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Japanese
Romanization
upu
- Rōmaji transcription of うぷ
Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *uputupô; compare Apalaí upuhpo, upuhpy, Trió putupë, Wayana uputpë, Carijona hutuhë, Waiwai pïtho, Ye'kwana ju'jö, Akawaio pu'pö, 'pai, Pemon 'pai.
Pronunciation
Noun
upu (possessed upùpo, plural upùsan)
- head
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 414
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ɂterm”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 480; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 470