karìna
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Kari'na[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
karìna (possessed karìnary)
- human, person
- Amerindian
- Carib/Kari'na person specifically
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Akawaio: kari'na
- → English: Kari'na, Kari'nja, Kalina, Karìna, Kariña, Carina, Cari'na, Kalinya
- → Ye'kwana: kadi'ña
- → Pemon: kari'na
Numeral[edit]
karìna
- (as a component in other numerals) twenty
References[edit]
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 1, 293
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kalińa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 191; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 185