pakira

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Kari'na[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *pakira; compare Apalaí pakira, Trió pakira, Wayana pakila, Akawaio pakira, Pemon pakira, Ye'kwana jakiya, Yao (South America) pockiero.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [pakijja]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [pakiːɾa]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [paɡiːɾa]

Noun[edit]

pakira (possessed pakirary)

  1. the collared peccary, Dicotyles tajacu

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: peccary
  • → French: pécari
  • → Italian: pecari
  • → Portuguese: pecari
  • → Spanish: báquiro, pecarí
  • → Sranan Tongo: pakira

References[edit]

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 334
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pakira”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 355; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 347

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Kari'na pakira.

Noun[edit]

pakira

  1. Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)
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