àempo

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• àwempo (Venezuela)

Pronunciation

• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [aʔembo]

Adverb

àempo (Guyana, Suriname)

1. being ready
2. being finished, done

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 249
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “a'embo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 66; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 69
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “aempo”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[3], University of Oregon, page 707