kanawa

Apalaí

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

kanawa

  1. canoe

Hixkaryana

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

kanawa

  1. canoe

Kari'na

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [kanaːβa]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [kanaːʋa]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [kanaːwa]

Noun

kanawa (possessed kanawary)

  1. large bark canoe, particularly in the context of stories of former times

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 290
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “kanawa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 204; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, ; Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 198

Trió

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

kanawa

  1. canoe

Wayana

Etymology

A South American Wanderwort. Among Cariban cognates compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Akawaio kanaw, kanwa, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Pemon kanau, kanwa, Ye'kwana kanowa. Also related further afield to Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) and similar terms in many other languages; see the further comparanda given under Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

kanawa

  1. canoe
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