nnü'tö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV nnü'tö
Brazilian standard nnö'tä
New Tribes nnö'tä

Etymology

From nnü (“thing, belonging”) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nnɨʔtə]

Verb

nnü'tö

  1. (transitive) to give a child his or her first beads

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “inñü'tö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 228: “inñö’tadö”
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