tỳkire

Kari'na

Etymology

From ty- +‎ ỳki (“yellow color”) +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [tɨhkije]
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [tɨhkiɾe]

Adverb

tỳkire

1. being yellow or beige

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 398
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ki”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 217; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 211