etaja

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French étager.

Verb

a etaja (third-person singular present etajează, past participle etajat) 1st conjugation

  1. to layer, to set one above the other

Conjugation

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV etaja
Brazilian standard etaaja
New Tribes etaaja

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [etaːha]

Verb

etaja (transitive)

  1. to step on, to tread on
  2. to kick

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “etaja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “etaajadö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Racquel-María Sapién et al. (2021) “Antipassive in the Cariban family” in Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, page 86