Where does “jedonka” come from?
jedonka (Ye'kwana) comes from Ye'kwana -ka — forms privative transitive verbs from nouns, with a meaning of ‘to deprive of X’, ‘to extract X from’, ‘to X away’: dis-, ex.
jedonka (Ye'kwana): to wipe away drool
Definitions
- to wipe away drool
Ancestry of “jedonka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye'kwana | -ka | forms privative transitive verbs from nouns, with a meaning of ‘to deprive of X’, ‘to extract X from’, ‘to X away’: dis-, ex |