wenwaaka

Ye'kwana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [weŋwaːka]

Postposition

wenwaaka

1. in the entrails of

References

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