öömajo

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV öömajo
Brazilian standard äämajo
New Tribes äämajo

Etymology

From ööma (“to die”) +‎ -jo (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [əːmaho]

Verb

öömajo

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to get oneself killed

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öömajo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
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