Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV eewadüka
Brazilian standard eewadööka
New Tribes eewadööca

Etymology

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Formed with e- (intransitivizer) +‎ *wadüka (to untie), the latter formed with -ka (privative verbalizer) from the same root as wadü'tö (to tie firmly).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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eewadüka

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to get loose, to release oneself

References

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