ötaku

See also: otaku and Otaku

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ötaku
Brazilian standard	ätaaku
New Tribes	ätaacu

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtaku; compare Kari'na ataku, otaku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ətaːku]

Noun

ötaku

1. saliva, spittle

   Synonym: jedo

References

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ätaaku”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ö:ta'ku”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University