FromProto-Cariban*irakô(“bullet ant”). CompareTrióirakë,Wayanailak,Ye'kwanayaakö,Akawaioira',Pemonirak.
irako (possessedirakory)
- thegreater giant hunting ant,Dinoponera gigantea
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008)A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books,→ISBN, page277
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iŕako”, inEncyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page183; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl.,L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris,1956, page178