wenwaaka

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Formed from an element *wenwa + the postpositionalizing suffix -ka (“to, at”); for the first element compare wenü (“stomach”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [weŋwaːka]

Postposition

wenwaaka

  1. in the entrails of

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wenwaaka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, page 273
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