kanö

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV kanö
Brazilian standard kanä
New Tribes canä

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kanö

  1. a tall cane, Ischnosiphon sp., from which the least sturdy and most flexible basketry strips are made

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kanö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • 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 71–75, 133–134, 141–143, 148, 243:ka'na