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Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *wôkɨrɨ; compare Trió kïrï, Pemon kurai.
Pronunciation
Noun
wokyry (possessed wokyryry, plural wokyryjan)
- (Guyana, Suriname) man (male person)
- Antonym: woryi
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 428
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wokërë”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 524; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 513