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Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Adverb

anku (Arabic spelling ئانکو)

  1. alternative form of ango (that is to say)

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “anku”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 9

Quechua

Alternative forms

Adjective

anku

  1. resistant, elastic, resilient

Noun

anku

  1. cord, whip
  2. tube
  3. tendon, nerve
  4. blood vessel
  5. hardness
  6. squash, family Cucurbitaceae
  7. liana
  8. root

Declension

Declension of anku
singular plural
nominative anku ankukuna
accusative ankuta ankukunata
dative ankuman ankukunaman
genitive ankup ankukunap
locative ankupi ankukunapi
terminative ankukama ankukunakama
ablative ankumanta ankukunamanta
instrumental ankuwan ankukunawan
comitative ankuntin ankukunantin
abessive ankunnaq ankukunannaq
comparative ankuhina ankukunahina
causative ankurayku ankukunarayku
benefactive ankupaq ankukunapaq
associative ankupura ankukunapura
distributive ankunka ankukunanka
exclusive ankulla ankukunalla
Possessive forms of anku
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative ankuy ankuykuna
accusative ankuyta ankuykunata
dative ankuyman ankuykunaman
genitive ankuypa ankuykunap
locative ankuypi ankuykunapi
terminative ankuykama ankuykunakama
ablative ankuymanta ankuykunamanta
instrumental ankuywan ankuykunawan
comitative ankuynintin ankuykunantin
abessive ankuyninnaq ankuykunannaq
comparative ankuyhina ankuykunahina
causative ankuyrayku ankuykunarayku
benefactive ankuypaq ankuykunapaq
associative ankuypura ankuykunapura
distributive ankuyninka ankuykunanka
exclusive ankuylla ankuykunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative ankun ankunkuna
accusative ankunta ankunkunata
dative ankunman ankunkunaman
genitive ankunpa ankunkunap
locative ankunpi ankunkunapi
terminative ankunkama ankunkunakama
ablative ankunmanta ankunkunamanta
instrumental ankunwan ankunkunawan
comitative ankunintin ankunkunantin
abessive ankunninnaq ankunkunannaq
comparative ankunhina ankunkunahina
causative ankunrayku ankunkunarayku
benefactive ankunpaq ankunkunapaq
associative ankunpura ankunkunapura
distributive ankuninka ankunkunanka
exclusive ankunlla ankunkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative ankuyku ankuykukuna
accusative ankuykuta ankuykukunata
dative ankuykuman ankuykukunaman
genitive ankuykupa ankuykukunap
locative ankuykupi ankuykukunapi
terminative ankuykukama ankuykukunakama
ablative ankuykumanta ankuykukunamanta
instrumental ankuykuwan ankuykukunawan
comitative ankuykuntin ankuykukunantin
abessive ankuykunnaq ankuykukunannaq
comparative ankuykuhina ankuykukunahina
causative ankuykurayku ankuykukunarayku
benefactive ankuykupaq ankuykukunapaq
associative ankuykupura ankuykukunapura
distributive ankuykunka ankuykukunanka
exclusive ankuykulla ankuykukunalla

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV anku
Brazilian standard anku
New Tribes ancu
historical ad hoc aunko

Pronunciation

Noun

anku

  1. a fragrant watercress-like herb mixed with water, salt, and possibly other herbs to ritually bathe a newborn baby and its mother for the first three months after birth, as well as to bathe the dead

References

  • 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, page 224:ancu
  • 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 108, 137–139, 145:aunko