anku

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word anku. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word anku, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say anku in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word anku you have here. The definition of the word anku will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofanku, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

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

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