irùpa
التعريفات والمعاني
== Kari'na ==
=== Etymology ===
From i- (adverbializer) + rupo (“weakness, tiredness”) + -`pa (negative adverbializer).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Venezuela) IPA(key): [juha]
(West Suriname) IPA(key): [idʝuhpa]
(East Suriname) IPA(key): [iɾuhpa]
=== Adverb ===
irùpa (nominalized irùpyn)
being good, well
=== References ===
Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 278
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “irupa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 184; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 179