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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
Noun
anaku (possessed enakuru)
- tear, teardrop
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, 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, Paris, 1956, page 140
- Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “enaku”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume, University of Oregon, page 730