eeka
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | eeka |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | eeka |
| New Tribes | eeca |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *ôteka (“to bite”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]eeka
- (transitive) to bite
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eeka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “eekadö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 315, 389: “-e:ka- 'bite' […] e:ka:dü - to bite, chew”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “ēkādɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[3], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021