pyinko

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• poinko (Guyana, West Suriname)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pôinôkô; compare Apalaí poinoko, Trió ponjeke, pënjeke, Wayana pëinëkë, Waiwai poinko, Akawaio pöinkö, Macushi pinkî, Pemon poyinkö, Yao (South America) pingo, panigo, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Sranan Tongo pingo.

Pronunciation

• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [pɨjɲɟo]

Noun

pyinko (possessed pyinkory)

1. (East Suriname) the white-lipped peccary, Tayassu pecari

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 355
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “poinďo (puinďo)”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, pages 379, 370; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “poinko”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[3], University of Oregon, page 793