kapasi

== Kari'na == === Etymology === Compare Apalaí kapaxi, Trió kapai, Wayana kapasi, Trió kapai, Akawaio kapasi, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wapishana kapashi, Wayampi kapasi. === Pronunciation === (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA(key): [kapaːʃi] (East Suriname) IPA(key): [kabaːʃi] === Noun === kapasi (possessed kapasiry) a particular species of armadillo (exact identification uncertain) armadillo in general antlion ==== Descendants ==== → Sranan Tongo: kapasi → Dutch: kapasie === References === Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], 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[2], Paris, 1956, page 198 == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From Kari'na kapasi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kapasi/, [ka̠pa̠si], [kɑ̟pɑ̟si] === Noun === kapasi armadillo ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: kapasie == Wayana == === Etymology === Compare Kari'na kapasi, Wapishana kapashi. === Noun === kapasi armadillo