ùmari

See also: Umari

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *upumari; compare Trió pumari, Wayana pumali. By surface analysis, upu (“head”) +‎ mari (root of marity (“down, feathers”)).

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [uʔmwaɺ̢i]
  • (Suriname) IPA(key): [uʔmaɺ̢i]

Noun

ùmari (possessed ùmariry)

  1. crown of feathers, feather headdress

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 412
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “umari”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 477; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 467
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