ö'kwa

See also: okwa and okwā

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôku (“to eat (flour, bread)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [əʔkʷa]

Verb

ö'kwa

  1. (transitive) to chew
  2. (transitive) to eat (starch)

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'kwa, ökku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “e:ka:dü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
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