ööwanaka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ööwanaka
Brazilian standard ääwanaaka
New Tribes ääwanaaca

Etymology

From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ ewanaka (“to save, to rescue”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [əːwanaːka]

Verb

ööwanaka

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to save oneself, to pull through

References

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