annaka

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See also: anna'ka

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV annaka
Brazilian standard annaka
New Tribes annaca

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From anna (central space) +‎ aka (at, in, on, to).

Pronunciation

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Phrase

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annaka

  1. (Caura River dialect and Brazil) in the central room of a village roundhouse, where unmarried men sleep and ritual activities take place

References

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  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “annaka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 386:anna'ka - (dining) room, main room
  • 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 22–26, 32, 34:annaka