seweicha

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	seweicha
Brazilian standard	seweicha
New Tribes	seweicha

Etymology

Probably suffixed with -ta (verbalizer). Related to seweiche (“red, ripe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sewejt͡ʃa]

Verb

seweicha

1. (intransitive, patientive) to redden
2. (intransitive, patientive) to ripen

References

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