yaaya'kö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	yaaya'kö
Brazilian standard	yaaya'kä
New Tribes	yaaya'cä

Etymology

From yaaya (“older sibling, older same-generation relative”) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟaːjaʔkə]

Noun

yaaya'kö

1. diminutive of yaaya

References

• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 72: “yaaya'kö”