akai

== Iban == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.kai/ === Interjection === akai ouch (expression of one's own physical pain) wow (expression of one's surprise and wonder) == Japanese == === Romanization === akai Rōmaji transcription of あかい == Latvian == === Noun === akai dative singular of aka == Ye'kwana == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [akaj] === Noun === akai a device used to teach children how to walk, consisting of a seat with legholes in it hung from a rafter at just the right height to allow them to hang with their feet touching the ground === References === 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, page 44: “akai” Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005), Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 229–230: “acai”