ikùpo

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ikutupô; compare Apalaí ikuhpo, Trió ikutupë, Wayana ikutpë, Akawaio iku'pö, Macushi iku'pî, Pemon iku'pö, Ye'kwana ku'jö. By surface analysis, i- +‎ kun (“abundance of water, rainy season”) +‎ -`po.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [ʃuho]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [cuhpo]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [ɟuhpo]

Noun

ikùpo (possessed ikùpory)

1. lake, pool, puddle, pond

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 274
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ku”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 230; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 224