kanwa
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Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kanwa f
- Aida cloth
- groundwork
- Synonym: osnowa
- (cartography, rare) contour map
Declension
Declension of kanwa
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- kanwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kanwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Ye'kwana
| ALIV | kanwa |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | kanwa |
| New Tribes | canwa |
| historical ad hoc | kungwa |
Pronunciation
Noun
kanwa (possessed kanwai)
- woven rectangular basket with a telescoping lid, commonly associated with shamans and used to store ritual objects
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kanwa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 290, 386, 391: “i-kanway > *kyanway > chanway 'his basket' […] kanwa -kanwa -i 'woven box (square basket)' […] chanwai - shaman's pouch or woven box […] ka:nwa - shaman's pouch, woven box”
- 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 77, 79, 99, 101–102, 105–106, 215–218, 235: “kungwa”
- 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, pages 39, 42: “kanwa”