kusari

Japanese

Romanization

kusari

1. Rōmaji transcription of くさり

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• sari (Guyana, Venezuela)

Etymology

First recorded in 1655 as oussali. Compare Akawaio usari, Pemon kusari, Yao (South America) oussari.

Pronunciation

• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [kusaːɺ̢i]

Noun

kusari (possessed kusariry)

1. (Guyana, Suriname) the red brocket deer, Mazama americana

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 307
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kusari”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 254; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 249