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Iban
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /a.kai/
Interjection
akai
- ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)
- wow (expression of one's surprise and wonder)
Japanese
Romanization
akai
- Rōmaji transcription of あかい
Latvian
Noun
akai
- dative singular of aka
Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
| ALIV
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akai
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| Brazilian standard
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akai
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| New Tribes
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acai
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Pronunciation
Noun
akai
- a device used to teach children how to walk, consisting of a seat with legholes in it hung from a rafter at just the right height to allow them to hang with their feet touching the ground
References
- Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 44: “akai”
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 229–230: “acai”