ekunaka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ekunaka
Brazilian standard	ekuunaka
New Tribes	ecuunaca

Etymology

Suffixed with -ka (privative verbalizer). The stem is probably from Proto-Cariban *ôtjôkuna (“knee”); compare Kari'na ókuna, Waiwai ekna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ekuːnaka]

Verb

ekunaka

1. (transitive) to break or disarticulate (a person or animal’s) legs

Derived terms

• ookunaka

 

References

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