ö'shikija

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ö'shikija
Brazilian standard ä'shikiijha
New Tribes ä'shiquiija

Etymology

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Apparently from öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ e'shikija (to make play), although the expected form would be *ötö'shikija.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ö'shikija

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to play

References

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