ookunaka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ookunaka
Brazilian standard	ookunaaka
New Tribes	oocunaaca

Etymology

From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ ekunaka (“to disarticulate (someone’s) leg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oːkunaːka]

Verb

ookunaka (intransitive, agentive)

1. to injure or disarticulate the joint between one’s hip and femur
2. to open one’s legs wide

References

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