kusari

Japanese

Romanization

kusari

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くさり

Kari'na

Alternative forms
  • sari (Guyana, Venezuela)

Etymology

First recorded in 1655 as oussali. Compare Akawaio usari, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Yao (South America) oussari.

Pronunciation
  • (Suriname) IPA(key): [kusaːɺ̢i]

Noun

kusari (possessed kusariry)

  1. (Guyana, Suriname) the red brocket deer, Mazama americana

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 307
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “kusari”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 254; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, ; Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 249
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