atannöjü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV atannöjü
Brazilian standard atannäjö
New Tribes atannäjö

Etymology

From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ annöjü (to pick up, fetch, raise).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [atannəhɨ]

Verb

atannöjü (intransitive, agentive)

  1. to rise (said of a boat rising from the water because of uneven weight, of tobacco leaves that have not been sufficiently compacted, etc.)
  2. to get rich

References

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