wokyry

Kari'na

Alternative forms

wykyry (Venezuela)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wôkɨrɨ; compare Trió kïrï, Pemon kurai.

Pronunciation

(West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋokɨːɺ̢ɨ]
(East Suriname) IPA^(key): [woɡɨːɺ̢ɨ]

Noun

wokyry (possessed wokyryry, plural wokyryjan)

(Guyana, Suriname) man (male person)
Antonym: woryi

References

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 428
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wokërë”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 524; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 513

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