yanacona
English
Alternative forms
- yanakuna
Noun
yanacona (plural yanaconas)
- (historical) An Indian in the service of a Spaniard.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝanaˈkona/ [ɟ͡ʝa.naˈko.na]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃanaˈkona/ [ʃa.naˈko.na]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒanaˈkona/ [ʒa.naˈko.na]
Audio (Peru) (file) - Rhymes: -ona
- Syllabification: ya‧na‧co‧na
Noun
yanacona m or f (plural yanaconas)
- yanacona
Further reading
- “yanacona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014