ejenka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ejenka
Brazilian standard	ejenka
New Tribes	ejenca

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ jenka (“to hunt large game by flushing it out with dogs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eheŋka]

Verb

ejenka

1. (intransitive, patientive) to be scared or startled

References

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