wensu'ta

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	wensu'ta
Brazilian standard	wensu'ta
New Tribes	wensu'ta

Etymology

From wensuku (“belly”) +‎ -ta (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wensuʔta]

Verb

wensu'ta (intransitive, patientive)

1. to fill up, to become full
2. to be(come) sated, to be(come) full with food

Related terms

• wensude
• wensu'dö

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wensu'ta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 184: “wensu'ta”