okoju

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• akoju (Guyana, Venezuela)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôkôju; compare Apalaí okoi, Trió ëkëi, Wayana ëkëi, Waiwai okoyi, Akawaio ököi, Macushi îkîi, Pemon okoi, Ye'kwana ököyu.

Pronunciation

• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [okoːju]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [oɡoːju]

Noun

okoju (possessed okojuru)

1. (Suriname) snake

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 327
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “okoyu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 331; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 324