aipajawa

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Kari'na[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ajpʲajaːʋa]
(East Suriname) IPA^(key): [ajhpʲajaːwa]

Noun[edit]

aipajawa (possessed aipajawary)

(Suriname) shark

Descendants[edit]

(probably:)

→ Kalinago: oibáyaoüa
- Garifuna: weibeyuwa

References[edit]

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 215
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aiṕayawa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 68; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 71

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