annaka

== Ye'kwana == === Alternative forms === anna'ka (Cunucunuma River dialect) === Etymology === From anna (“central space”) +‎ aka (“at, in, on, to”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [annaka] === Phrase === annaka (Caura River dialect and Brazil) in the central room of a village roundhouse, where unmarried men sleep and ritual activities take place === References === Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “annaka”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 386: “anna'ka - (dining) room, main room” 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 22–26, 32, 34: “annaka”