eta'jü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV eta'jü
Brazilian standard eta'fö
New Tribes eta'jö

Etymology

Likely prefixed with e- (intransitivizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [etaʔhʷɨ]

Verb

eta'jü (intransitive, patientive)

  1. to keep still or quiet
  2. (of a wound) to cicatrize, to heal

References

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