önaku

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	önaku
Brazilian standard	änaaku
New Tribes	änaacu

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ənaːku]

Noun

önaku

1. tear, teardrop

   Synonym: waamonö

References

• 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)”