eso'ka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	eso'ka
Brazilian standard	eso'ka
New Tribes	eso'ca

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ sooka (“to pierce, to puncture, to sew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esoʔka]

Verb

eso'ka

1. (intransitive, patientive) To be stuck by a thorn.

References

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