anku
Maquiritari
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aŋku]
Noun
anku
- 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
- 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
- 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, page 108, 137–139, 145
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːnˈkʊ/
Adverb
anku (Arabic spelling ئانکو)
- 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
- hank'u (Cusco)
Adjective
anku
- resistant, elastic, resilient
Noun
anku
- cord, whip
- tube
- tendon, nerve
- blood vessel
- hardness
- squash, family Cucurbitaceae
- liana
- root
Declension
declension of anku
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | anku | ankukuna |
| accusative | ankuta | ankukunata |
| dative | ankuman | ankukunaman |
| genitive | ankup | ankukunap |
| locative | ankupi | ankukunapi |
| terminative | ankukama | ankukunakama |
| ablative | ankumanta | ankukunamanta |
| instrumental | ankuwan | ankukunawan |
| comitative | ankuntin | ankukunantin |
| abessive | ankunnaq | ankukunannaq |
| comparative | ankuhina | ankukunahina |
| causative | ankurayku | ankukunarayku |
| benefactive | ankupaq | ankukunapaq |
| associative | ankupura | ankukunapura |
| distributive | ankunka | ankukunanka |
| exclusive | ankulla | ankukunalla |
possessive forms of anku
ñuqap - first-person singular
| ñuqap (my) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ankuy | ankuykuna |
| accusative | ankuyta | ankuykunata |
| dative | ankuyman | ankuykunaman |
| genitive | ankuypa | ankuykunap |
| locative | ankuypi | ankuykunapi |
| terminative | ankuykama | ankuykunakama |
| ablative | ankuymanta | ankuykunamanta |
| instrumental | ankuywan | ankuykunawan |
| comitative | ankuynintin | ankuykunantin |
| abessive | ankuyninnaq | ankuykunannaq |
| comparative | ankuyhina | ankuykunahina |
| causative | ankuyrayku | ankuykunarayku |
| benefactive | ankuypaq | ankuykunapaq |
| associative | ankuypura | ankuykunapura |
| distributive | ankuyninka | ankuykunanka |
| exclusive | ankuylla | ankuykunalla |
qampa - second-person singular
| qampa (your) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ankuyki | ankuykikuna |
| accusative | ankuykita | ankuykikunata |
| dative | ankuykiman | ankuykikunaman |
| genitive | ankuykipa | ankuykikunap |
| locative | ankuykipi | ankuykikunapi |
| terminative | ankuykikama | ankuykikunakama |
| ablative | ankuykimanta | ankuykikunamanta |
| instrumental | ankuykiwan | ankuykikunawan |
| comitative | ankuykintin | ankuykikunantin |
| abessive | ankuykinnaq | ankuykikunannaq |
| comparative | ankuykihina | ankuykikunahina |
| causative | ankuykirayku | ankuykikunarayku |
| benefactive | ankuykipaq | ankuykikunapaq |
| associative | ankuykipura | ankuykikunapura |
| distributive | ankuykinka | ankuykikunanka |
| exclusive | ankuykilla | ankuykikunalla |
paypa - third-person singular
| paypa (his/her/its) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ankun | ankunkuna |
| accusative | ankunta | ankunkunata |
| dative | ankunman | ankunkunaman |
| genitive | ankunpa | ankunkunap |
| locative | ankunpi | ankunkunapi |
| terminative | ankunkama | ankunkunakama |
| ablative | ankunmanta | ankunkunamanta |
| instrumental | ankunwan | ankunkunawan |
| comitative | ankunintin | ankunkunantin |
| abessive | ankunninnaq | ankunkunannaq |
| comparative | ankunhina | ankunkunahina |
| causative | ankunrayku | ankunkunarayku |
| benefactive | ankunpaq | ankunkunapaq |
| associative | ankunpura | ankunkunapura |
| distributive | ankuninka | ankunkunanka |
| exclusive | ankunlla | ankunkunalla |
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
| ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ankunchik | ankunchikkuna |
| accusative | ankunchikta | ankunchikkunata |
| dative | ankunchikman | ankunchikkunaman |
| genitive | ankunchikpa | ankunchikkunap |
| locative | ankunchikpi | ankunchikkunapi |
| terminative | ankunchikkama | ankunchikkunakama |
| ablative | ankunchikmanta | ankunchikkunamanta |
| instrumental | ankunchikwan | ankunchikkunawan |
| comitative | ankunchiknintin | ankunchikkunantin |
| abessive | ankunchikninnaq | ankunchikkunannaq |
| comparative | ankunchikhina | ankunchikkunahina |
| causative | ankunchikrayku | ankunchikkunarayku |
| benefactive | ankunchikpaq | ankunchikkunapaq |
| associative | ankunchikpura | ankunchikkunapura |
| distributive | ankunchikninka | ankunchikkunanka |
| exclusive | ankunchiklla | ankunchikkunalla |
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
| ñuqaykup (our(excl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ankuyku | ankuykukuna |
| accusative | ankuykuta | ankuykukunata |
| dative | ankuykuman | ankuykukunaman |
| genitive | ankuykupa | ankuykukunap |
| locative | ankuykupi | ankuykukunapi |
| terminative | ankuykukama | ankuykukunakama |
| ablative | ankuykumanta | ankuykukunamanta |
| instrumental | ankuykuwan | ankuykukunawan |
| comitative | ankuykuntin | ankuykukunantin |
| abessive | ankuykunnaq | ankuykukunannaq |
| comparative | ankuykuhina | ankuykukunahina |
| causative | ankuykurayku | ankuykukunarayku |
| benefactive | ankuykupaq | ankuykukunapaq |
| associative | ankuykupura | ankuykukunapura |
| distributive | ankuykunka | ankuykukunanka |
| exclusive | ankuykulla | ankuykukunalla |
qamkunap - second-person plural
| qamkunap (your(pl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ankuykichik | ankuykichikkuna |
| accusative | ankuykichikta | ankuykichikkunata |
| dative | ankuykichikman | ankuykichikkunaman |
| genitive | ankuykichikpa | ankuykichikkunap |
| locative | ankuykichikpi | ankuykichikkunapi |
| terminative | ankuykichikkama | ankuykichikkunakama |
| ablative | ankuykichikmanta | ankuykichikkunamanta |
| instrumental | ankuykichikwan | ankuykichikkunawan |
| comitative | ankuykichiknintin | ankuykichikkunantin |
| abessive | ankuykichikninnaq | ankuykichikkunannaq |
| comparative | ankuykichikhina | ankuykichikkunahina |
| causative | ankuykichikrayku | ankuykichikkunarayku |
| benefactive | ankuykichikpaq | ankuykichikkunapaq |
| associative | ankuykichikpura | ankuykichikkunapura |
| distributive | ankuykichikninka | ankuykichikkunanka |
| exclusive | ankuykichiklla | ankuykichikkunalla |
paykunap - third-person plural
| paykunap (their) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ankunku | ankunkukuna |
| accusative | ankunkuta | ankunkukunata |
| dative | ankunkuman | ankunkukunaman |
| genitive | ankunkupa | ankunkukunap |
| locative | ankunkupi | ankunkukunapi |
| terminative | ankunkukama | ankunkukunakama |
| ablative | ankunkumanta | ankunkukunamanta |
| instrumental | ankunkuwan | ankunkukunawan |
| comitative | ankunkuntin | ankunkukunantin |
| abessive | ankunkunnaq | ankunkukunannaq |
| comparative | ankunkuhina | ankunkukunahina |
| causative | ankunkurayku | ankunkukunarayku |
| benefactive | ankunkupaq | ankunkukunapaq |
| associative | ankunkupura | ankunkukunapura |
| distributive | ankunkunka | ankunkukunanka |
| exclusive | ankunkulla | ankunkukunalla |