oruwa

Kari'na

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Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôterɨwau; compare Apalaí oseruwau, Trió ëerao, Wayana ëselowau, Waiwai osoruwaw, Akawaio osorowa, osorïwau, Macushi eserîwî, Pemon eserau, Ye'kwana aduwaawö, öudawö, Yao (South America) terrewaw.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [oːɺ̢uwa]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [oːɺ̢uβa]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [oːɺ̢uwa]

Numeral

óruwa (nominalized oruwano)

  1. three

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 107
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “oroa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 347; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, ; Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 339
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