anàta

See also: anata and ’anata

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• onàta (West Suriname)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôwna(ta) (“nose”).

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [anahta]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [anahta]

Noun

anàta (possessed enàtary) (East Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela)

1. nose
2. extremity, end
3. offshoot

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 227
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enata”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 143; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 141