tajöwiye

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV tajöwiye
Brazilian standard tajääwiye
New Tribes tajääwiye

Etymology

Probably formed with the adverbializer t- -e. The root ajöwi may then in turn derive from ajö (“arm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tahəːvije]

Adverb

tajöwiye

  1. having red or black arms or front legs

References

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