yaakö

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cariban *irakô (“bullet ant”). Compare Wayana ilak, Kari'na irako.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

yaakö

  1. the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yaakö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], 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
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