'kotonka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	'kotonka
Brazilian standard	'kotonka
New Tribes	'cotonca

Etymology

Suffixed with -ka (privative verbalizer), from the same stem as 'kotontö.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔkotoŋka]

Verb

'kotonka (transitive)

1. to pull loose, to separate, to release (a branch, an arm, etc.)
2. to loosen (a knot)
3. to resolve, to break (a tie)

Related terms

• 'kotontö

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “'kotonka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon