nkaköi

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV nkaköi
Brazilian standard nkakäi
New Tribes ncacäi

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *mɨka (“back”) + -köi (“at”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ŋkakəj]

Postposition

nkaköi

  1. above, on top of

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, pages 274–276
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