tamusi

== Kari'na == === Etymology === Derived from tamu (“grandfather”); compare Apalaí tamuxi, Trió tamusi, Wayana tamusi. === Pronunciation === (Venezuela) IPA(key): [tamuhʃi] (Suriname) IPA(key): [tamuːʃi] === Noun === tamusi (possessed tamusiry) (as a term of address) grandfather old man ==== Alternative forms ==== tansi, tusi === Proper noun === tamusi (possessed tamusiry) God === References === Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 379 Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “támusi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 454; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 443