`kare

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kare"

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• kare (Venezuela)

Etymology

Compare Trió hkarë.

Pronunciation

• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [hkaɺ̢e]

Particle

`kare

1. (Guyana, Suriname) indicates that the speaker is incredulous at something the person addressed says or thinks; what, you really think …?!; just imagine!

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 293
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “karë”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 211; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 204