kùmisako

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [kuʔmwiʃaːko]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [kuʔmiʃaːko]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [kuʔmiʃaʔko]

Noun[edit]

kùmisako (possessed kùmisakory)

  1. cutaneous larva migrans; creeping eruption

Descendants[edit]

  • Sranan Tongo: konsaka

References[edit]

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 302
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kumisako”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956