waruma

Kari'na

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Cariban *waruma; compare Apalaí aruma, Trió waruma, Wayana waluma, Pemon warimu, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi aruma, Sranan Tongo warimbo.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βaɺ̢ummwa]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋaɺ̢uːma]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [waɺ̢uːma]

Noun

waruma (possessed warumary)

1. a tall cane, Ischnosiphon sp., from which most basketry strips are made
   1. Ischnosiphon gracilis
   2. Ischnosiphon arouma
2. basketry, wickerwork
3. (French Guiana) loincloth

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 423
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “waruma”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 497; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 486