ỳpopu

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pɨropɨ; compare Apalaí puropu, Trió pïropï, hropï, Akawaio pïropo, Ye'kwana dojü, Yao (South America) pyelapo.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [hopu]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [hpopu]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [hpobu]

Noun

ỳpopu (possessed ỳpopuru)

1. chest, breast

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 438
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “popu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 385; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 376