eshichako

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ siicha (“to rip, tear, break”) +‎ -ko. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is this final -ko?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eʃiːt͡ʃako]

Verb

eshichako

1. (intransitive) to break
2. (intransitive) to be weak

References

• Hall, Katherine (2007) “-išiča-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021