ekamjiyaka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ekamjiyaka
Brazilian standard ekamjiyaaka
New Tribes ecamjiyaaca

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ kamjiyaka (to change).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ekamm̥ijaːka]

Verb

ekamjiyaka

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to change

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ekamjiyaka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 64
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “w-ekamhiaka-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021