adonka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	adonka
Brazilian standard	adonka
New Tribes	adonca

Etymology

From adoni (“revitalizing power”) +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɾ̠oŋka]

Verb

adonka (transitive)

1. to cure, to heal (someone)
2. to make (someone) feel better
3. to revive (someone)

Derived terms

• aadonka

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “adonka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “adonkadɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021