anku

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːnˈkʊ/

Adverb

anku (Arabic spelling ئانکو)

  1. Alternative form of ango (that is to say)

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “anku”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 9

Quechua

Alternative forms

Adjective

anku

  1. resistant, elastic, resilient

Noun

anku

  1. cord, whip
  2. tube
  3. tendon, nerve
  4. blood vessel
  5. hardness
  6. squash, family Cucurbitaceae
  7. liana
  8. root

Declension

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aŋku]

Noun

anku

  1. a fragrant watercress-like herb mixed with water, salt, and possibly other herbs to ritually bathe a newborn baby and its mother for the first three months after birth, as well as to bathe the dead

References

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    Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 224
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    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 108, 137–139, 145
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