konopo

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *konopo; compare Kari'na konopo, Trió konopo, Wayana kopë, Panare kano', Macushi kono', Pemon konok, Ye'kwana konojo, Yao (South America) kenape.

Noun

konopo

1. rain

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *konopo; compare Apalaí konopo, Trió konopo, Wayana kopë, Panare kano', Macushi kono', Pemon konok, Ye'kwana konojo, Yao (South America) kenape.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [konoːpo]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [konoʔpo]

Noun

konopo (possessed konopory)

1. rain

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 298
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “konopo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 225; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 219
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “konopo”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[3], University of Oregon, page 751

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *konopo; compare Apalaí konopo, Kari'na konopo, Wayana kopë, Panare kano', Macushi kono', Pemon konok, Ye'kwana konojo, Yao (South America) kenape.

Noun

konopo

1. rain