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Kari'na
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *rui; compare Apalaí ryxi, rui, Akawaio rui, Macushi rui, Pemon rui, Ye'kwana dui, Yao (South America) huoroye.
Pronunciation
Noun
yryi (possessed yryi, plural yrùnan) (East Suriname)
- older brother (of a man)
- older male parallel cousin (of a man)
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 438
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “rui”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 421; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 410
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “sewo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 433; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 423