ejenka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ejenka
Brazilian standard ejenka
New Tribes ejenca

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ jenka (“to hunt large game by flushing it out with dogs”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eheŋka]

Verb

ejenka

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to be scared or startled

References

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