adonka

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From adoni (“revitalizing power”) +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [aɾ̠oŋka]

Verb

adonka (transitive)

  1. to cure, to heal (someone)
  2. to make (someone) feel better
  3. to revive (someone)

Derived terms

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “adonka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “adonkadɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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