kapasi

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Kari'na[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Apalaí kapaxi, Trió kapai, Wayana kapasi, Trió kapai, Akawaio kapasi, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wapishana kapashi, Wayampi kapasi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [kapaːʃi]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [kabaːʃi]

Noun[edit]

kapasi (possessed kapasiry)

  1. a particular species of armadillo (exact identification uncertain)
  2. armadillo in general
  3. antlion

Descendants[edit]

  • → Sranan Tongo: kapasi

References[edit]

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 290
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kapasi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 205; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 198

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Kari'na kapasi.

Noun[edit]

kapasi

  1. armadillo

Descendants[edit]

Wayana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Kari'na kapasi, Wapishana kapashi.

Noun[edit]

kapasi

  1. armadillo
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