Where does “e'kotontö” come from?

e'kotontö (Ye'kwana) comes from Ye'kwana 'kotontö, from Ye'kwana 'koton, from Ye'kwana -tö — forms the plural of the distant past tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are first- or second-person.

e'kotontö (Ye'kwana): to be tied, drawn, equally matched

Definitions

  1. to be tied, drawn, equally matched

Ancestry of “e'kotontö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ye'kwana'kotontöto join, to connect, to splice
2Ye'kwana'koton—
3Ye'kwana-töforms the plural of the distant past tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are first- or second-person
Every word from Ye'kwana -tö →Every word from Ye'kwana 'koton →Every word from Ye'kwana 'kotontö →