Reconstruction:Taíno/borīkē
Taíno
Etymology
From *borī (“home people”), from *bo (“home, house”) + *rī (“people”), + *kē (“large land, mainland”), from Proto-Arawak *ki.[1]
Noun
*borīkē[2]
Descendants
- → Spanish: boricua
- ⇒ Spanish: borinqueño
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From *borī (“home people”), from *bo (“home, house”) + *rī (“people”), + *kē (“large land, mainland”), from Proto-Arawak *ki.[1]
*borīkē[2]