aņlāk

English: Translation

Jail, prison

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Government and Law

Example Sentence

Jack aņlákkin inhólshulat ámip.

English: Example Sentence

Jack was put in jail because of drinking.

Notes

(GS. 44), lit. strong house, A loan trans., or calque, shared with several other LMV languages: cf., Bi. thisąhą ‘strong house’; MTL čoka kamasa ‘strong house’; Choc. aboha kallo, strong house. -ed.

Source

kaufman-david-v-2022-atakapa-ishakkoy-dictionary-second-edition-exploration-press