annaka

See also: anna'ka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	annaka
Brazilian standard	annaka
New Tribes	annaca

Alternative forms

• anna'ka (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Etymology

From anna (“central space”) +‎ aka (“at, in, on, to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [annaka]

Phrase

annaka

1. (Caura River dialect and Brazil) in the central room of a village roundhouse, where unmarried men sleep and ritual activities take place

References

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “annaka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 386: “anna'ka - (dining) room, main room”
• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 22–26, 32, 34: “annaka”