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^[1], 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^[2], Paris, 1956, page 467