aina jumy

Kari'na

Etymology

From aina (“hand”) +‎ jumy (possessed form of jumy (“father”)), thus literally ‘father of the hand’.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [aɲɲa ðumm(ɨ)]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ajʝa juːm(ɨ)]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [ajɲa juːm(ɨ)]

Noun

aina jumy (possessed ainary jumy)

1. thumb

Derived terms

• aina jumy pokorono

 

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 213
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aña”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 84; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 85