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ka'sai

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See also: kasai

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ka'sai
Brazilian standard ka'sai
New Tribes ca'sai
historical ad hoc kahshe

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ka'sai

  1. (Caura River dialect) piranha

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ka'sai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 391:ka:shay 'pirhana[sic]' [] ka:'shai - piranha
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “kahshe”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 36:kashai