ötaku

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See also: otaku, and Otaku

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ötaku
Brazilian standard ätaaku
New Tribes ätaacu

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtaku; compare Kari'na ataku, otaku.

Pronunciation

Noun

ötaku

  1. saliva, spittle
    Synonym: jedo

References

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ätaaku”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ö:ta'ku”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University