ijoròkan

== Kari'na == === Etymology === From ijoroko (now meaning “savannah dog”, formerly probably *“evil spirit”) +‎ -ran (“one having (a mass noun)”), with the former element from Proto-Cariban *ijoroko (“evil spirit”); compare Apalaí joroko, Trió joroko, Wayana jolok, Pemon iworok, Ye'kwana Odo'sha, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Lokono jaloko. === Pronunciation === (Venezuela) IPA(key): [joːɺ̢ohkã] (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʝoːɺ̢ohkã] (East Suriname) IPA(key): [joːɺ̢ohkã] === Noun === ijoròkan (possessed ijoròkany) evil spirit, devil ==== Descendants ==== → Sranan Tongo: yorka === References === Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 272 Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “yoroka”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 551; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 541