anaku

See also: anāku and anakū

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ônaku; compare Ye'kwana önaku. Likely ultimately derived from Proto-Cariban *ônu (“eye”); synchronically as if derived from Kari'na onu (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [anaːku]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [anaʔku]

Noun

anaku (possessed enakuru)

1. tear, teardrop

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 227
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enakuru”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 141; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 140
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “enaku”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[3], University of Oregon, page 730