sipari

See also: Sipari

Italian

Noun

sipari m

  1. plural of sipario

Anagrams

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *sipari; compare Apalaí xipari, Trió sipari, Wayana sipari, Waiwai sipari, Macushi sipari, Pemon supari, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi separi, Sranan Tongo spari.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʃipʲaːɺ̢i]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [ʃpʲaːɺ̢i]

Noun

sipari (possessed sipariry)

  1. whiptail stingray, family Dasyatidae
  2. the smooth-back river stingray, Potamotrygon orbignyi

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 369
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “siṕari”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 437; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 427
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