akuru

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Pemon akuru. Ahlbrinck suggests a connection with the verb àku (“to use, to stretch, to knead”).

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [akuːɺ̢u]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [aɡuːɺ̢u]

Noun

akuru (possessed jakururu)

1. mud, clay

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 220
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “akuru”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 76; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 79