Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV eshichako
Brazilian standard eshiichako
New Tribes eshiichaco

Etymology

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From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ siicha (to rip, tear, break) +‎ -ko. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is this final -ko?”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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eshichako (intransitive)

  1. to break
  2. to be weak

References

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  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-išiča-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021