werùnòpo

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]; compare Apalaí oruno, Trió wïrïnë, Wayana ëluwëtpë, Pemon weruna'pö, Ye'kwana wedennö.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βeɾuʔnoho]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋeɾuʔnohpo]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [weɾuʔnohpo]

Noun

werùnòpo (possessed werùnòpory)

1. ashes

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 426
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “werunupo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 518; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 507