kurijara

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Trió kurijara, Wayana kulijala, Akawaio kuriyara, Macushi kuriyara, Pemon kuriyara, Ye'kwana kudiyada, as well as Lokono koriara.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurijara (possessed kurijarary)

  1. curiara, dugout canoe

Descendants

  • → Spanish: curiara
    • → English: curiara
  • → Sranan Tongo: kruyara

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 306
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kuriala”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 248; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 243
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