paranakyry

Kari'na

Etymology

Compound of parana (“sea”) +‎ kyry (“young man”, related to wokyry), thus literally “(young) man of the sea”. Compare Trió paranakïrï, Waiwai paranakarï, Akawaio paranakïrï, Pemon paranakürü.

Pronunciation

Noun

paranakyry (possessed paranakyryry) (Suriname)

  1. white person, European
  2. stranger

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 337
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “parana”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 361; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 353
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