enneka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	enneka
Brazilian standard	enneka
New Tribes	enneca

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ nne (“child”) +‎ -ka (privative verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [enneka]

Verb

enneka

1. (intransitive, patientive) to give birth, to have children

References

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