jedonka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jedonka
Brazilian standard	fedonka
New Tribes	jedonca

Etymology

From jedo (“drool”) +‎ -ka (privative verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷeɾ̠oŋka]

Verb

jedonka

1. (transitive) to wipe away drool

References

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