kanwa

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French canevas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.va/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anva
  • Syllabification: kan‧wa

Noun

kanwa f

  1. Aida cloth
  2. groundwork
    Synonym: osnowa
  3. (cartography, rare) contour map

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • kanwowy

Further reading

  • kanwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kanwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaŋwa]

Noun

kanwa (possessed kanwai)

  1. woven rectangular basket with a telescoping lid, commonly associated with shamans and used to store ritual objects

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kanwa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ka:nwa”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
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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 77, 79, 99, 101–102, 105–106, 215–218, 235
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    Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 39, 42
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