irùpa

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Kari'na[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From i- (adverbializer) +‎ rupo (“weakness, tiredness”) +‎ -`pa (negative adverbializer).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [juha]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [idʝuhpa]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [iɾuhpa]

Adverb[edit]

irùpa (nominalized irùpyn)

  1. being good, well

References[edit]

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 278
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “irupa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 184; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 179
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