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, 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, Paris, 1956, page 132
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