atajima

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV atajima
Brazilian standard ataajima
New Tribes ataajima

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ *ajima (“to sit (someone) down”), although it is unclear whether the latter verb can be attested.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ataːhima]

Verb

atajima

  1. (Caura River dialect, intransitive, agentive) to sit down

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “atajima”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 401: “watahhima:nö - to sit down”
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “w-atahhimā-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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