waruma

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Kari'na[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Proto-Cariban *waruma; compare Apalaí aruma, Trió waruma, Wayana waluma, Pemon warimu, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi aruma, Sranan Tongo warimbo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [βaɺ̢ummwa]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʋaɺ̢uːma]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [waɺ̢uːma]

Noun[edit]

waruma (possessed warumary)

  1. a tall cane, Ischnosiphon sp., from which most basketry strips are made
    1. Ischnosiphon gracilis
    2. Ischnosiphon arouma
  2. basketry, wickerwork
  3. (French Guiana) loincloth

References[edit]

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 423
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “waruma”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 497; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 486
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