kujeje

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV kujeje
Brazilian standard kufeeje
New Tribes cujeeje

Etymology

From kuje (“madness, epilepsy”) +‎ -je (adverbializer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kuhʷeːhe]

Adverb

kujeje

  1. being crazy or senile

References

  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 201, 246: “cujeje”
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