òwin

Kari'na

Kari'na cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : òwin

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tôwinô; compare Apalaí toiro, Trió tëinken, Waiwai tewine, Akawaio tïnïn, tikin, tewin, tègina, Macushi tiwin, Pemon teukin, Ye'kwana tooni, tawini, Yao (South America) tewyn.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [oʔβiɲ]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [oʔʋiɲ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [oʔwiɲ]

Numeral

òwin

1. one

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 107, 332
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “owin”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 351; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 343