uwempo

Kari'na

Etymology

From *uwe (“belly”) +‎ -mpo (devalued suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [uwempo]
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [uwembo]

Noun

uwempo (possessed uwempory)

1. belly, stomach
2. bowels, stomach
3. whirlpool, vortex
4. part of a stool made in the form of animals

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 418
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “we”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 514; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 503