akuru

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Pemon akuru. Ahlbrinck suggests a connection with the verb àku (“to use, to stretch, to knead”).

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [akuːɺ̢u]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [aɡuːɺ̢u]

Noun

akuru (possessed jakururu)

  1. mud, clay

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 220
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “akuru”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 76; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 79
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