kurijara

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió kurijara, Wayana kulijara, Akawaio kuriyara, Macushi kuriyara, Pemon kuriyara, Ye'kwana kudiyada, as well as Lokono koriara.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [kuɺ̢ijjaɺ̢a]
  • (Suriname) IPA(key): [kuɺ̢iːjaɺ̢a]

Noun

kurijara (possessed kurijarary)

  1. curiara, dugout canoe

Descendants
  • → Spanish: curiara
    • → English: curiara
  • → Sranan Tongo: kruyara

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 306
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kuriala”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 248; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 243
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