eewadüka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV eewadüka
Brazilian standard eewadööka
New Tribes eewadööca

Etymology

Formed with e- (intransitivizer) +‎ *wadüka (“to untie”), the latter formed with -ka (privative verbalizer) from the same root as wadü'tö (“to tie firmly”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eːwaɾ̠ɨːka]

Verb

eewadüka

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to get loose, to release oneself

References

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