awasi

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Kari'na[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [aβaːʃi]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [aʋaːʃi]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [awaːʃi]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare Wayampi awasi.

Noun[edit]

awasi (possessed awasiry)

  1. maize or corn, Zea mays

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare Akawaio awasi, Macushi yawasi, Pemon awasiri.

Noun[edit]

awasi (possessed jawasiry)

  1. sweetheart, person one is attracted to

References[edit]

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 249
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “awasi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 125; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 125
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