enyky

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• enupy (Suriname)
• enuku (Guyana)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [enɨʔkɨ]

Verb

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

• onyky

 

References

• 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