annaka
See also: anna'ka
Ye'kwana edit
| ALIV | annaka |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | annaka |
| New Tribes | annaca |
Alternative forms edit
- anna'ka (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Etymology edit
From anna (“central space”) + aka (“at, in, on, to”).
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
annaka
- (Caura River dialect and Brazil) in the central room of a village roundhouse, where unmarried men sleep and ritual activities take place
References edit
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “annaka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “anna'ka”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 22–26, 32, 34: “annaka”