kanawa

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Apalaí

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Kari'na kanawa, Trió kanawa, Wayana kanawa, Hixkaryana kanawa, Waiwai kanawa, Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Macushi kanawa, Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

kanawa

  1. canoe

Hixkaryana

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Apalaí kanawa, Kari'na kanawa, Trió kanawa, Wayana kanawa, Waiwai kanawa, Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Macushi kanawa, Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

kanawa

  1. canoe

Kari'na

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Apalaí kanawa, Trió kanawa, Wayana kanawa, Hixkaryana kanawa, Waiwai kanawa, Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Macushi kanawa, Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Pronunciation

Noun

kanawa (possessed kanawary)

  1. large bark canoe, particularly in the context of stories of former times

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 290
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kanawa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 204; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 198

Trió

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Apalaí kanawa, Kari'na kanawa, Wayana kanawa, Hixkaryana kanawa, Waiwai kanawa, Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Macushi kanawa, Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

kanawa

  1. canoe

Wayana

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Apalaí kanawa, Kari'na kanawa, Trió kanawa, Hixkaryana kanawa, Waiwai kanawa, Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Macushi kanawa, Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

kanawa

  1. canoe
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