werewere

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *werewere; compare Apalaí erere, Trió werewere, Akawaio weruwe, Macushi ereuwe, Pemon weruwe, Ye'kwana wedesede.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [βeɾeːβeɾe]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʋeɾeːʋeɾe]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [weɾeːweɾe]

Noun

werewere (possessed werewerery)

  1. the housefly, Musca domestica

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 425
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wërë-wërë”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 518; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 507
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