parana

See also: paranã and Paraná

Finnish

Noun

parana

1. essive singular of para

Anagrams

• arpana, paraan, raapan, rapana

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Akawaio paraw, Macushi pîrana, Pemon parana, parau, Yao (South America) parona, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono bara, Wayampi parana, Old Tupi paranã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paɺ̢aːna]

Noun

parana (possessed paranary)

1. sea
2. waves, agitated water

Derived terms

• paranakyry

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 337
• Hoff, B. J. (1968) The Carib Language: Phonology, Morphonology, Morphology, Texts and Word Index, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “parana”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 361; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 353