The Carib language, also known as Caribe , Cariña , Galibi , Galibí , Kali'na , Kalihna , Kalinya , Galibi Carib , Maraworno and Marworno , and natively named Kaliña , Cariña , is an Amerindian language spoken in Brazil , French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname , and Venezuela by 10226 people (7,000 of whom are from Venezuela ). It is a Cariban → Northern Carib → Galibi language written in the Latin alphabet. Its ISO-2 code is "car", ISO-3 is "car", SIL is "CRB".
Alphabet [ edit ] The Carib alphabet consists of 15 letters: a , e , i , j , k , m , n , o , p , r , s , t , u , y , and w . A grave accent is used for a plosive archiphoneme.
Common Carib Words [ edit ]
aina - hand
aipajawa - shark
akuri - agouti
akuru - mud, clay
amoro - thou, you
àna - we
apo - arm
apukuipa - oar, paddle
arepa - cassava , cassava bread
arukuma - planet, star
auto - house
aware - opossum
awu - I, me
areku - anger, war
arepa - food
ero - this
ero po - here
awasi - Indian corn
ikùpo - puddle, pond, lake
iromy - dry season
irùpa - good
isery - new
itoto - enemy, stranger
itupu - grass
jariku - pelican
jèpo - bone
jopoto - chief
jumy - father
kampo - smoked meat
kanawa - large dugout
kapu - sky
karina - Carib
kataru - green turtle
katuri - large basket carried on the back
kawana - leatherback turtle
koko - night
konopo - rain
kurijara - fishing boat
kurita - day
maina - garden, field
makureru - cactus
manare - cassava sieve
manaty - breast
matapi - cassava press
matutu - small table
mauru - cotton
mi - root
moro - that
moro po - there
mosìpe - long
mure - small bench
napi - sweet potato
nono - earth, soil
nuno - moon, month
okato - large hammock
oko - two
okoju - snake
oma - road, path
onu - oeil
pàwu - island
oruwa - three
oty - name, noise
òwin - one
pana - ear
panare - friend
parana - sea
paranakyry - Whites, Europeans
pèja - bay
pepeito - wind
pìpo - skin, hide ; bark
pota - mouth
pupu - foot
putu - club
pyjai - medicine man, shaman
pyrywa - arrow, reed
sakau - sand
sampura - drum
sanìme - short
sano - mother
sarompo - leaves
semari - cassava grater
senke - near
sina - flute
sipari - ray
sipi - fishing net
siriko - star, year
tamùne - white
tamusi - old man
tamy - tobacco
tapire - red, ripe
tapusikiri - pebbles
tapyi - big meeting house
tonoro - bird
topu - stone, rock
tukusi - colibri
tuma - hot sauce
tuna - water, river
turi - torch
turùpo - heart
týkire - yellow
tyse - far
ùmari - crown feathers
upùpo - head
yrapa - bow, weapon
uwempo - belly
waitopo - village
wajamaka - iguana
waruma - basketry reed
wàto - fire
weju - sun
werewere - house flies
werùno - ash
wewe - tree, woods
wòi - savanna, prairie grass
woku - cassava beer
wokyry - man
woryi - woman
woto - fish
wypy - mountain
wywy - axe, hoe
ýpori - creek
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] w:es:Idioma kariña w:eo:Kariba lingvo w:fr:Kali'na (langue) w:qu:Kariña simi w:ru:Карибский язык
