siicha

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV siicha
Brazilian standard siicha
New Tribes siicha

Etymology

Perhaps derived from shi (“to tear, slash, scratch”). Also compare seicha, soicha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [siːt͡ʃa]

Verb

siicha

  1. (transitive) to rip, tear, break

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “siicha”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 229: “[mịši:ča] 'you break it'”
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-išiča-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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