aichüjo

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV aichüjo
Brazilian standard aichöjo
New Tribes aichöjo

Etymology

From aichü (“to insert”) +‎ -jo (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ajt͡ʃɨho]

Verb

aichüjo

  1. (transitive) to have something painful inserted, such as a needle when removing chiggers or a swab when cleaning the ears

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aichüjo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.