kawana

Kari'na

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [kaβaːna]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [kaʋaːna]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [kawaːna]

Noun

kawana (possessed kawanary)

1. the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 295
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kawana”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 214; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 207
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wayamu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 511; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 500

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Adjective

kawana

1. right (direction)

   Antonym: kalí

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “kawana”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 48
• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary