ö'kwa

See also: okwa and okwā

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

• ööka, ökku

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôku (“to eat (flour, bread)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əʔkʷa]

Verb

ö'kwa

1. (transitive) to chew
2. (transitive) to eat (starch)

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'kwa, ökku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “e:ka:dü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University