ö'shikija

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ö'shikija
Brazilian standard	ä'shikiijha
New Tribes	ä'shiquiija

Etymology

Apparently from öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ e'shikija (“to make play”), although the expected form would be *ötö'shikija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əʔʃikiːça]

Verb

ö'shikija

1. (intransitive, agentive) to play

References

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