tamùne

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• tamỳne (East Suriname)

Etymology

From ty- +‎ amùn (“white color”) +‎ -re; compare Trió tamutune, Waiwai tumutwe, Pemon aimu'nan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tamuʔne]

Adverb

tamùne

1. being white

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 378
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “amu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 82; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 84