Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV önaku
Brazilian standard änaaku
New Tribes änaacu

Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *ônaku; compare Kari'na anaku. Likely ultimately derived from Proto-Cariban *ônu (eye); synchronically as if derived from Ye'kwana önu (eye).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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önaku

  1. tear, teardrop
    Synonym: waamonö

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “önaku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 397:[ëna:ku] ~ [ënaqu] 'teardrop' [] öna:ku - tears (water of the eyes)