mauru

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Apalaí mauru, Trió maaru, Wayana mau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mawɺ̢u]

Noun

mauru (possessed maururu)

1. cotton plant
2. cotton

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 315
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “mauru”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 274; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 269

Latvian

Noun

mauru m

1. inflection of maurs:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural