woryi

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wôrɨti; compare Apalaí (w)oryxi, Trió wëri, Wayana wëlïi, Akawaio wuri, Macushi wîri, Pemon wörü, Ye'kwana wodi, Yao (South America) waryee.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [βoːɺ̢i]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʋoːɺ̢ɨj]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [woːɺ̢ɨj]

Noun

woryi (possessed woryiry, plural woryijan)

  1. woman
    Antonym: wokyry

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 429
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wori”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 531; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 520
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