"anku" meaning in Ye'kwana

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Noun

IPA: [aŋku]
Head templates: {{head|mch|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
    Sense id: en-anku-mch-noun-vqPxVyHF Categories (other): Ye'kwana entries with incorrect language header

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ye'kwana dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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