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Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *ôtjôkuna; compare Waiwai ekna, Yao (South America) goenaly.
Pronunciation
Noun
ókuna (possessed ekunary)
- knee
- a kind of decorative design
- used to refer to certain plants
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 328
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ekuna”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 132; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 132