aji'choto'jato

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV aji'choto'jato
Brazilian standard aji'choto'fato
New Tribes aji'choto'jato

Etymology

From aji'choto (girl staying in seclusion after undergoing menarche) +‎ -'jato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ahiʔt͡ʃotoʔhʷato]

Noun

aji'choto'jato

  1. young woman

References

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