aawütünajötü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV aawütünajötü
Brazilian standard aawötöönajäätö
New Tribes aawötöönajäätö

Etymology

Suffixed with -jötü (pluractional suffix). Perhaps prefixed with öt- (intransitivizer), although it is unclear if a transitive root *awütünajötü exists.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aːwɨtɨːnahəːtɨ]

Verb

aawütünajötü

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to roll around, to roll over and over

References

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