okoju

== Kari'na == === Alternative forms === akoju (Guyana, Venezuela) === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban *ôkôju; compare Apalaí okoi, Trió ëkëi, Wayana ëkëi, Waiwai okoyi, Akawaio ököi, Macushi îkîi, Pemon okoi, Ye'kwana ököyu. === Pronunciation === (West Suriname) IPA(key): [okoːju] (East Suriname) IPA(key): [oɡoːju] === Noun === okoju (possessed okojuru) (Suriname) snake === References === Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 327 Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “okoyu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 331; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 324