ainatone

Kari'na
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    Cardinal : ainatone

Etymology

Compound of aina (“hand”) +‎ atone (“on one side”).

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [aɲɲatoːne]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ajʝatoːne]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [ajɲadoːne]

Numeral

ainatone (nominalized ainatoneno)

  1. five

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 107, 215
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aña-to-ne”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 84; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 86
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