ö'shikija

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ö'shikija
Brazilian standard ä'shikiijha
New Tribes ä'shiquiija

Etymology

Apparently from öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ e'shikija (“to make play”), although the expected form would be *ötö'shikija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [əʔʃikiːça]

Verb

ö'shikija

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to play

References

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