wypy

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wɨpɨ; compare Apalaí ypy, Trió pïï, Wayana ïpï, Waiwai ïpï, Akawaio wï', Macushi wî', Pemon wük, Ye'kwana jüü.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [βɨppɨ]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʋɨːpɨ]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [wɨʔpɨ]

Noun

wypy (possessed wypyry)

  1. mountain, hill

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 431
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wuilpï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 537; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 526
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