akono'kö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	akono'kö
Brazilian standard	akoono'kä
New Tribes	acoono'cä

Etymology

From akono (“younger brother, younger same-generation relative”) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [akoːnoʔkə]

Noun

akono'kö

1. diminutive of akono

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 311
• 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 72: “yaakono'kö”