eewadüka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	eewadüka
Brazilian standard	eewadööka
New Tribes	eewadööca

Etymology

Formed with e- (intransitivizer) +‎ *wadüka (“to untie”), the latter formed with -ka (privative verbalizer) from the same root as wadü'tö (“to tie firmly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eːwaɾ̠ɨːka]

Verb

eewadüka

1. (intransitive, patientive) to get loose, to release oneself

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eewadüka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon