òwin

Kari'na
Kari'na cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : òwin

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tôwinô; compare Apalaí toiro, Trió tëinken, Waiwai tewine, Akawaio tïnïn, tikin, tewin, tègina, Macushi tiwin, Pemon teukin, Ye'kwana tooni, tawini, Yao (South America) tewyn.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [oʔβiɲ]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [oʔʋiɲ]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [oʔwiɲ]

Numeral

òwin

  1. one

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 107, 332
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “owin”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 351; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 343
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