akai

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.kai/

Interjection

akai

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)
2. wow (expression of one's surprise and wonder)

Japanese

Romanization

akai

1. Rōmaji transcription of あかい

Latvian

Noun

akai

1. dative singular of aka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	akai
Brazilian standard	akai
New Tribes	acai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [akaj]

Noun

akai

1. a device used to teach children how to walk, consisting of a seat with legholes in it hung from a rafter at just the right height to allow them to hang with their feet touching the ground

References

• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 44: “akai”
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 229–230: “acai”