pyjai

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Apalaí pyaxi, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači, Trió pïjai, Wayana pïjai, Akawaio piyaisan, Pemon piyai, Ye'kwana jüwai, Yao (South America) peeiai, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi paye.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [pɨððaj]
  • (Suriname) IPA(key): [pɨːjaj]

Noun

pyjai (possessed pyjairy, plural pyjaijan)

  1. shaman
  2. the practices or job of a shaman

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 2, 355
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “püyéi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 399; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 389
  • Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “pyijai”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎, University of Oregon, page 797
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