adonka

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV adonka
Brazilian standard adonka
New Tribes adonca

Etymology

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From adoni (revitalizing power) +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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adonka (transitive)

  1. to cure, to heal (someone)
  2. to make (someone) feel better
  3. to revive (someone)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “adonka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “adonkadɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021