ekku'ka
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | ekku'ka |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | ekku'ka |
| New Tribes | eccu'ca |
Etymology
[edit]From ökkudu (“sap, liquid”) + -ka (privative verbalizer).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ekku'ka
- (transitive) to squeeze, to express
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ekku'ka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 389: “e'kuka:dü - to squeeze, express”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “eʔkukā-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021