Where does “ye'jaka” come from?
ye'jaka (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.
ye'jaka (Ye'kwana): to deflesh, to remove meat from bones
Definitions
- to deflesh, to remove meat from bones
Ancestry of “ye'jaka”, 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 |