de'wonontö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV de'wonontö
Brazilian standard de'wonontä
New Tribes de'wonontä

Etymology

Perhaps from de'wö (“upon, on”) +‎ -ano (nominalizer) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer), although this leaves the second n unexplained.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [deʔβonontə]

Verb

de'wonontö

  1. (transitive) to put on top of, to put on

References

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