anàta

See also: anata and ’anata

Kari'na

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôwna(ta) (“nose”).

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [anahta]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [anahta]

Noun

anàta (possessed enàtary) (East Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela)

  1. nose
  2. extremity, end
  3. offshoot

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 227
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enata”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 143; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 141
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