edaichö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV edaichö
Brazilian standard edaichä
New Tribes edaichä

Etymology

From edai (“protection”) +‎ -tö (benefactive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eɾ̠ajt͡ʃə]

Verb

edaichö

  1. (transitive) to take care of, to look after, to tend
    • 2008, speaker ‘MaJo’ from Boca de Piña (CtoWoshi.003–004), recorded in Cáceres, Natalia (2011), Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, page 355:
      “Edaichökö'de jinñamo” ke “maama. Aajichaane edaichökö'de, manetunuichojo'no.”
      “Mom,” he said, “take care of my wife. Take good care of her, lest you let her get hurt.”

Derived terms

References

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