awanta'ñö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV awanta'ñö
Brazilian standard awanta'nhä
New Tribes awanta'ñä

Etymology

From Spanish aguantar + -'ñö (loanword verbalizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [awantaʔɲə]

Verb

awanta'ñö

  1. (transitive) to resist, withstand, bear, endure

References

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