tapire

See also: Tapire

Kari'na

Etymology

From ty- +‎ api (“red color”) +‎ -re; compare Apalaí tahpire, Trió tamire, Wayana takpile.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [tapijje]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [tapiːɾe]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [tabiːɾe]

Adverb

tapire

1. being red
2. being ripe

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 382
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “api”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 90; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 91