ko'ka

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

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

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

Alternative forms

• ko'kwa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koʔka]

Verb

ko'ka

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

References

• 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.”