wywy

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wɨwɨ; compare Apalaí wywy, Trió wïwï, Wayana wïwï, Ye'kwana wüüwü, Yao (South America) oüoe.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βɨββɨ]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋɨːʋɨ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [wɨːwɨ]

Noun

wywy (possessed wyry)

1. axe

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 431
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wuil-wuil”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 537; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 527