Etymology

From Proto-CaribanCategory:Kari'na terms inherited from Proto-Cariban#OKUNACategory:Kari'na terms derived from Proto-Cariban#OKUNA *ôtjôkuna; compare Waiwai ekna, Yao (South America) goenaly.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [oːkuna]Category:Kari'na terms with IPA pronunciation#OKUNA
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [oʔkuna]Category:Kari'na terms with IPA pronunciation#OKUNA

Noun

ókuna (possessed ekunary)Category:Kari'na lemmas#OKUNACategory:Kari'na nouns#OKUNACategory:Kari'na entries with incorrect language header#OKUNACategory:Pages with entries#OKUNACategory:Pages with 1 entry#OKUNA

1. knee
2. a kind of decorative design
3. used to refer to certain plants

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, 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, Paris, 1956, page 132