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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *irakô (“bullet ant”). Compare Wayana ilak, Kari'na irako.
Pronunciation
Noun
yaakö
- the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yaakö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ya:kö”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “iyako”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN