jiŵika

Yao

Etymology

From -jiŵa (“to steal”) +‎ -ika (“stative suffix for verbs whose penultimate vowel is "i"”).

Verb

-jiŵika (infinitive kwiŵika)

  1. stative of -jiŵa
    1. (stative) to be stealable, to be easily stolen

References

  • Alexander Hetherwick, A Handbook of the Yao Language, 1902
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