seweicha

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV seweicha
Brazilian standard seweicha
New Tribes seweicha

Etymology

Probably suffixed with -ta (verbalizer). Related to seweiche (red, ripe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sewejt͡ʃa]

Verb

seweicha

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to redden
  2. (intransitive, patientive) to ripen

References

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