enyky

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Kari'na

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived from onu (eye). Perhaps cognate to Ye'kwana emjü (to put a substance in the eyes).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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enyky

  1. (transitive, East Suriname) to get something in the eye of, to hurt the eye of (someone) with a substance such as pepper juice

Derived terms

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References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 263
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 150; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 148