wensu'ta

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV wensu'ta
Brazilian standard wensu'ta
New Tribes wensu'ta

Etymology

From wensuku (“belly”) +‎ -ta (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wensuʔta]

Verb

wensu'ta (intransitive, patientive)

  1. to fill up, to become full
  2. to be(come) sated, to be(come) full with food

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wensu'ta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 184: “wensu'ta”
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