ko'ka

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See also: koka, Koka, kóka, kokā, kōka, køka, and koką

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ko'ka
Brazilian standard ko'ka
New Tribes co'ca

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ko'ka

  1. (transitive) to wash (something other than a human or human body part)

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ko'kwa”, 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, pages 226–228, 387:cho:kadü 'wash clothes, table, etc.' [] [č̣o:'kadï] 'to wash things' [] cho:kadü 'wash clothes, table, etc.' [] cho:'kadü - to wash things
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-ičoʔka-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021:Refers to washing things/objects, distinct from human beings.