'wa'tönei

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV 'wa'tönei
Brazilian standard 'wa'tänei
New Tribes 'wa'tänei

Etymology

From 'wa'tö (“to help”) +‎ -nei (agent nominalizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔwaʔtənej]

Noun

'wa'tönei (possessed 'wa'tönei)

  1. collaborator, helper

References

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