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Girls’ names, Boys’ names. 
Satu, darling. Korelyali, baby boy. 
Kakushika, big eyes. 
Korelyaro, baby girl. 
Kai-inasaro, big buttocks. Kai-inasali, big buttocks. 
Sato-bara, pretty hair. Sachibara, pretty hair. 
Kuroshiro, reddish hair. Kurashili, reddish hair. 
Kabararo, plenty of hair. Kabarali, plenty of hair. 
Kakarishiri, curly hair. Kakarishili, curly hair. 
Trihibaro, dark hair. Irihibali, dark hair. 
Tlihiro, dark girl. Tlihili, dark boy. 
Natukoro, sp. of pretty flower. Deringko, sp. of parrot. ~ 
Kuyari, toucan. Wé-shi, sp. of little fish. 
Durakuaro, bird (Odontophorus). 
The name bestowed subsequently in this tribe by the piai takes 
place about the period when the child begins to creep; he asks the 
spirit in the maraka (rattle) to give the name. “An offering of con- 
siderable value is necessary on this occasion, as according to the fee 
given to propitiate the piaiman is the virtue of the incantations 
pronounced. An unnamed Indian is thought to be the certain victim 
of the first sickness or misfortune that he may encounter. Accord- 
ingly, only the very poorest of them are without names” (HiC, 229). 
At the present time it would seem that the piai gives a name only if 
he has been called in to attend a child when sick; under such cir- 
cumstances he will say that he has dreamed that the child requires a 
name, and the parents accordingly ask him to give one. Such names 
are given with regard to the personal appearance, to birds or other 
animals, to tobacco (e. g., Yuri-niro, Yuri-tukoro = tobacco flower), 
after the piai’s kickshaws, ete. (e. g., Shibari, “ stone,” Kalliko-yang, 
“crystal,” Wara-maraka = a name derived from his rattle), or “ after 
some quality or title.” With the Makusi it was either the grandmother 
or grandfather, on the conclusion of the couvade, who gave the infant 
one of the names customary in the family (SR, 1,315). Among the 
Tukano it is the father, under similar circumstances, who gives the 
name, generally that of an animal (KG, 1, 313). In the olden days 
with the Surinam Carib it was probably only the piaiman who pre- 
sented the child with its personal one. At the present time the 
family folk foregather. “ Look!” calls out one, “how its eye re- 
sembles a flower.” “ No!” says another, “ his nose is as crooked as a 
little eagle’s.” “ His chin is like a tobacco leaf ” is the grandmother’s 
opinion. “ Yes,” assents the father, “the resemblance is striking,” 
and thus his name is Tamualu-yekesalu, i. e., Tobacco-leaf little one 
(PEN, 1,160). On the islands the Carib do not bestow names imme- 
diately after birth, but wait for 12 or 15 days, when they call in a 
