itupu

Kari'na

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [tʃuppu]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [tʲuːpu]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [ɟuʔpu]

Noun

itupu (possessed itupuru)

1. grass, weeds

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 280
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ťupo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 473; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 463