yaakö

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *irakô (“bullet ant”). Compare Wayana ilak, Kari'na irako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟaːkə]

Noun

yaakö

1. the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yaakö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ya:kö”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “iyako”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN