okuna

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtjôkuna; compare Waiwai ekna, Yao (South America) goenaly.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [oːkuna]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [oʔkuna]

Noun

ókuna (possessed ekunary)

1. knee
2. a kind of decorative design
3. used to refer to certain plants

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 328
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ekuna”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 132; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 132