önaku

== Ye'kwana == === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban *ônaku; compare Kari'na anaku. Likely ultimately derived from Proto-Cariban *ônu (“eye”); synchronically as if derived from Ye'kwana önu (“eye”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ənaːku] === Noun === önaku tear, teardrop Synonym: waamonö === References === Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “önaku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 397: “[ëna:ku] ~ [ënaqu] 'teardrop' […] öna:ku - tears (water of the eyes)”