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Kari'na
Etymology
Compare Trió oi, Ye'kwana woi.
Pronunciation
Noun
wòi (possessed wòiry)
- a kind of savannah grass
- savannah (grassland)
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 428
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wo’i”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 523; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 512