tukusi

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tukuti; compare Apalaí tukuxi, Trió tukui, Wayana tukui, Akawaio tukui, Macushi tukui, Pemon tukui, Ye'kwana tukui, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono tukusi.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [tukuhʃi]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [tukuːʃi]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [tuɡuːʃi]

Noun

tukusi (possessed tukusiry)

1. the sparkling violetear, Colibri coruscans
2. hummingbird in general

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 392
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “túkusi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 471; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 460