wemüka

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Formed from an element *wemü + the postpositionalizing suffix -ka (“to, at”); for the first element compare wenü (“stomach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wemɨːka]

Postposition

wemüka

1. inside the stomach of

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wemüka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 273