àka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aka"

Kari'na

Etymology

Apparently from a form such as Proto-Cariban *ôkuwa; compare Apalaí akua, Akawaio auka, Pemon auka. However, compare also Kari'na akatompo, Waiwai ekatï, Pemon ekaton, and Ye'kwana ökato from Proto-Cariban *ôkatu (“shadow, spirit”), probably a derivative or else a relative of the same term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ahka]

Noun

àka (possessed àkary)

1. shadow
2. reflection
3. spirit of a person, invisible double, soul

Derived terms

• àkàpo
• àkaryka

 

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 216
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aka”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 69; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 71
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “ahkary”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[3], University of Oregon, page 707