ekunaka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ekunaka
Brazilian standard ekuunaka
New Tribes ecuunaca

Etymology

Suffixed with -ka (privative verbalizer). The stem is probably from Proto-Cariban *ôtjôkuna (“knee”); compare Kari'na ókuna, Waiwai ekna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ekuːnaka]

Verb

ekunaka

  1. (transitive) to break or disarticulate (a person or animal’s) legs

Derived terms

References

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