wòi

See also: woi and Woi

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió oi, Ye'kwana woi.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βoʔi]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋoʔi]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [woʔi]

Noun

wòi (possessed wòiry)

1. a kind of savannah grass
2. savannah (grassland)

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 428
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wo’i”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 523; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 512