The Kaliña (sometime called Galibi) are an indigenous people of South America who lives in Surinam, French Guyana (between 2,800 and 4,000 people). They belong to cariban languages family.

Vocabulary

• jopoto - leader
• kapu - sky
• konopo - rain
• makureru - cactus
• mauru - cotton
• nunon - moon, month
• oma - road, way
• opawy - island
• panare - friend
• parana - sea
• paranakyry - white men
• pepeito - wind
• sakau - sand
• tamy - tobacco
• tonoro - bird
• topu - stone, rock
• tuna - water
• waitopo - village
• wajamaka - iguana
• wato - fire
• weju - sun
• wewe - wood
• wypy - mountain