kwari
Dutch
Alternative forms
- kwarie (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sranan Tongo kwari, from Kari'na kuwari.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʋaːri/
Noun
kwari c (plural kwari's)
- (Suriname) collective name for several species of shrubs and trees in the family Vochysiaceae, notably Vochysia surinamensis
Derived terms
- appelkwari
- bergkwari
- cederkwari
- echte kwari
- goejavekwari
- kwarihout
- savannekwari
- wanekwari
- waterkwari
References
- ^ J. van Donselaar (2013), Nicoline van der Sijs, editor, Woordenboek van het Nederlands in Suriname van 1667 tot 1876 [Dictionary of the Dutch Language in Suriname from 1667 to 1876], Amsterdam; The Hague: Meertens Instituut/Nederlandse Taalunie, →ISBN, page 131
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Kari'na kuwari.[1] Compare Guianese Creole kouali.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwaɾi/, [kwa̠ɾi], [kwɑ̟ɾi]
Noun
kwari
- several plant species in the family Vochysiaceae[2]
- Erisma uncinatum
- Synonyms: mawtikwari, singrikwari
- Ruizterania albiflora
- Synonym: gronfulu
- Vochysia densiflora
- Synonym: wanakwari
- Vochysia guianensis
- Synonyms: gwanakwari, motikwari, mutende, mutendekwari, wiswiskwari
- Vochysia surinamensis var. surinamensis
- Synonyms: watrakwari, wiswiskwari
- Vochysia tetraphylla
- Synonyms: laksirikwari, mabrekwari, watrakwari
- Vochysia tomentosa
- Synonyms: wanakwari, wetikwari
- Qualea coerulea
- Synonyms: gronfulu, mawtikwari, watrakwari
- Qualea dinizii
- Synonyms: guyaba, guyabakwari, mutenekwari, sanikipisi, wasiwasikwari, wiswiskwari
- Erisma uncinatum
Derived terms
- guyabakwari
- gwanakwari
- laksirikwari
- mabrekwari
- mawtikwari
- motikwari
- mutendekwari
- mutenekwari
- singrikwari
- wanakwari
- wasiwasikwari
- watrakwari
- wetikwari
- wiswiskwari
Descendants
- Aukan: kwali
- >? Saramaccan: kwaie
- → Dutch: kwarie, kwari
References
- ^ J. van Donselaar (2013), Nicoline van der Sijs, editor, Woordenboek van het Nederlands in Suriname van 1667 tot 1876 [Dictionary of the Dutch Language in Suriname from 1667 to 1876], Amsterdam; The Hague: Meertens Instituut/Nederlandse Taalunie, →ISBN, page 131
- ^ Charlotte I.E.A. van ’t Klooster; Jan C. Lindeman; Marion J. Jansen-Jacobs (2003), Index of vernacular plant names of Suriname (BLUMEA Supplement), number 15, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Universiteit Leiden branch, →ISBN, page 232.