öötaja

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV öötaja
Brazilian standard äätaja
New Tribes äätaja

Etymology

From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ etaja (“to step on”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [əːtaha]

Verb

öötaja

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to step, to tread, to set one’s foot

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öötaja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Racquel-María Sapién et al. (2021) “Antipassive in the Cariban family” in Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, page 86
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