masìpe

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• mosìpe (West Suriname)

Etymology

From mosin (“length”) +‎ -to +‎ pe.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [maʃihe]
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [maʃihpʲe]

Adverb

masìpe

1. being long

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 315
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “masi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 271; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 266