ejenka

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV ejenka
Brazilian standard ejenka
New Tribes ejenca

Etymology[edit]

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ jenka (“to hunt large game by flushing it out with dogs”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ejenka

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to be scared or startled

References[edit]

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