funana

See also: funaná

English

Noun

funana (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of funaná.
   • 2009 June 23, Jon Pareles, “Commanding the Stage at Another French Open”, in New York Times‎:

     With a limber, inviting voice, Ms. Andrade fuses Cape Verdean styles — the gentle morna and the peppier coladeira and funana — with Brazilian music, jazz and hints of African styles.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu.ˈna.na]

Noun

funana

1. the porcupinefish (family Diodontidae)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh