wòi

See also: woi and Woi

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió oi, Ye'kwana woi.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [βoʔi]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʋoʔi]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [woʔi]

Noun

wòi (possessed wòiry)

  1. a kind of savannah grass
  2. savannah (grassland)

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 428
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wo’i”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 523; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 512
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