annaka

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See also: anna'ka

Ye'kwana[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Phrase[edit]

annaka

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

References[edit]

  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “anna'ka”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
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    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