öökatonka

== Ye'kwana == === Alternative forms === öökatonkwa === Etymology === From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ ökatomjö (“ghost, ex-spirit”) +‎ -ka (privative verbalizer), thus literally ‘to have one’s ghost taken away’. Compare Kari'na otàkaryka (“to suffer, be tortured, get scared”), with a similar but slightly different construction. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [əːkatoŋka] === Verb === öökatonka (intransitive, agentive) to get scared to hurry up and do something, to make haste === References === Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “ääkatonkwakä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI