kawana

Kari'na

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [kaβaːna]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [kaʋaːna]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [kawaːna]

Noun

kawana (possessed kawanary)

  1. the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 295
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “kawana”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 214; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 207
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wayamu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 511; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 500

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Adjective

kawana

  1. right (direction)
    Antonym: kalí

References
  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “kawana”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 48
  • Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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