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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From öt- (intransitivizer) + ökatomjö (“ghost, ex-spirit”) + -ka (privative verbalizer), thus literally ‘to have one’s ghost taken away’. Compare Kari'na otàkaryka (“to suffer, be tortured, get scared”), with a similar but slightly different construction.
Pronunciation
Verb
öökatonka (intransitive, agentive)
- to get scared
- to hurry up and do something, to make haste
References
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ääkatonkwakä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI