ekunaka
Ye'kwana
editALIV | ekunaka |
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Brazilian standard | ekuunaka |
New Tribes | ecuunaca |
Etymology
editSuffixed with -ka (privative verbalizer). The stem is probably from Proto-Cariban *ôtjôkuna (“knee”); compare Kari'na ókuna, Waiwai ekna.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editekunaka
- (transitive) to break or disarticulate (a person or animal’s) legs
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ekunaka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon