eso'ka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV eso'ka
Brazilian standard eso'ka
New Tribes eso'ca

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ sooka (to pierce, to puncture, to sew).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [esoʔka]

Verb

eso'ka

  1. (intransitive, patientive) To be stuck by a thorn.

References

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