Common Lexeme

okkota

Keywords: body parts

Pronunciation (IPA): 'ok.ko.da 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: skurun 
Forms: okkota 
Glosses: palm, take stealthily 

Description:

The term 'okkota' is the word for the palm of the hand of a human or ape. IT is also an idiom for 'take stealthily', believed to be calqued form English - it is a skurun verb with an ergative taker and an absolutive object taken.

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