kapasi

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Apalaí kapaxi, Trió kapai, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Trió kapai, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wapishana kapashi, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

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

Noun

kapasi (possessed kapasiry)

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

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • → Dutch: kapasie

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, 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, Paris, 1956, page 198

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

kapasi

  1. armadillo

Descendants

Wayana

Etymology

Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Wapishana kapashi.

Noun

kapasi

  1. armadillo
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