arawone

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Akawaio arawne.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [aɺ̢aːβone]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [aɺ̢aːʋone]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [aɺ̢aːwone]

Noun

arawone (possessed arawonery)

1. the yellow lapacho, Handroanthus serratifolius

Descendants

• → Spanish: araguaney
  • → English: araguaney

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 238
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “arawone”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 99; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 100