English
Kari'na
Kari'na comes from Kari'na karìna ‘human, person’, and goes back to Proto-Cariban *karipona.
- Proto-Caribanprehistoric (reconstructed)*karipona‘person’reconstructed
- Kari'namodernkarìna‘human, person’
- EnglishtodayKari'na
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Caribanprehistoric (reconstructed)*karipona‘person’reconstructed
- Kari'namodernkarìna‘human, person’
- EnglishtodayKari'na
Linked words
through Proto-Cariban *karipona ‘person’
Today it means
noun An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America (in parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana), the mainland Caribs or Caribs proper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Cariban *karipona / Kari'na