wòi

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See also: woi, and Woi

Kari'na

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Etymology

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Compare Trió oi, Ye'kwana woi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wòi (possessed wòiry)

  1. a kind of savannah grass
  2. savannah (grassland)

References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 428
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wo’i”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 523; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 512