karukuri

Kari'na

Etymology

From Cariban languages compare Apalaí karakuri, Trió karakuri, Wayana kalakuli, Akawaio karukuri, Pemon karukuri, Yao (South America) carecoury, and from non-Cariban languages compare Lokono karokuri, Wayampi karakuri.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [kaɺ̢ukkuɺ̢i]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [kaɺ̢uːkuɺ̢i]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [kaɺ̢uʔkuɺ̢i]

Noun

karukuri (possessed karukuriry)

1. gold
2. golden color
3. anything shining, gleaming

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 294
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “karu kuri”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 212; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 205