semari

Kari'na

Etymology

Either from Proto-Cariban or a South American Wanderwort; compare Apalaí ximari, Trió simari, Wayana simali, Waiwai simari, Akawaio simari, Macushi simari, Pemon simari, sumari, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono samari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [semaːɺ̢i]

Noun

semari (possessed semariry)

1. yuca grater

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 366
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “semari”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 431; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 420