pyrywa

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pɨrôw (“arrow”); compare Apalaí pyrou, Trió pïrëu, Wayana pïlëu, Akawaio pöröw, Macushi pîrîu, Pemon püröu, Yao (South America) mappoeroe, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi wɨwa.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [pɨɺ̢ɨwwa]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [pɨɺ̢ɨːʋa]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [pɨɺ̢ɨːwa]

Noun

pyrywa (possessed pyrywary)

1. wildcane, arrow cane, Gynerium sagittatum
2. arrow, particularly one made out of wildcane

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 356
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “purïlwa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 394; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 385