e'saku

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	e'saku
Brazilian standard	e'saku
New Tribes	e'sacu

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ 'sakü (“to apply bodypaint to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eʔsaku]

Verb

e'saku

1. (intransitive, patientive) to put on bodypaint, to paint oneself

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “esaku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 439, 440
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 395: “ne'sa'ka - s/he paints himself”