awasi

== Kari'na == === Pronunciation === (Venezuela) IPA(key): [aβaːʃi] (West Suriname) IPA(key): [aʋaːʃi] (East Suriname) IPA(key): [awaːʃi] === Etymology 1 === Compare Wayampi awasi. ==== Noun ==== awasi (possessed awasiry) maize or corn, Zea mays === Etymology 2 === Compare Akawaio awasi, Macushi yawasi, Pemon awasiri. ==== Noun ==== awasi (possessed jawasiry) sweetheart, person one is attracted to === References === Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 249 Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “awasi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 125; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 125