tütü'tajö'e

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV tütü'tajö'e
Brazilian standard tötö'tajä'e
New Tribes tötö'tajä'e

Etymology

From t- -e (adverbializer) +‎ w- (intransitive prefix) +‎ tü'tajötü (“to think”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɨtɨʔtahəʔe]

Adverb

tütü'tajö'e

  1. being pensive, pensively, while thinking

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, pages 240, 381
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 302
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