siicha

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	siicha
Brazilian standard	siicha
New Tribes	siicha

Etymology

Perhaps derived from shi (“to tear, slash, scratch”). Also compare seicha, soicha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siːt͡ʃa]

Verb

siicha

1. (transitive) to rip, tear, break

Derived terms

• eshichako
• tüweshicha

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “siicha”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 229: “[mịši:ča] 'you break it'”
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “-išiča-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021