irako

== Kari'na == === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban *irakô (“bullet ant”). Compare Trió irakë, Wayana ilak, Ye'kwana yaakö, Akawaio ira', Pemon irak. === Pronunciation === (Venezuela) IPA(key): [jaːko] (West Suriname) IPA(key): [idʝaːko] (East Suriname) IPA(key): [iɾaʔko] === Noun === irako (possessed irakory) the greater giant hunting ant, Dinoponera gigantea === References === Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 277 Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “iŕako”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 183; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 178