Meaning of konaki | Babel Free

Definitions

A shrine for the Anastenaria.

Examples

“At about six the firewalkers met in the house of their leader, in the konaki, the room where the Saints' holy icons hang throughout the year, to be taken out for the festival.”

“The Anastenarides gather at the konaki early on the eve of May 21.”

“Early on the evening of May 20 the only people at the new konaki were Mihalis, some officers of the Folklore Society, and a few older women.”

“By 5:30 pm the konaki is already crowded.”

“Designed to give a lighter draught and at the same time be of more general use, the konaki has replaced the ordinary farm sledge on many farms in Taranaki.”

“The more common practice is to scrape the solid manure into a konaki, a walled sledge or cart, and allow the liquid to discharge into a drain.”

“The konaki was ideal for carrying out winter feed, fence posts and cream cans where the ground was rough or wet.”

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