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) knee a kind of decorative design used to refer to certain plants === References === Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], 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[2], Paris, 1956, page 132