yööjünka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV yööjünka
Brazilian standard yääjönka
New Tribes yääjönca

Etymology

From iyö (inanimate invisible demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -jünka (tag question clitic).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɟəːhɨŋka]

Particle

yööjünka

  1. used in reaction to another clause to request confirmation: Is it true? Really?

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yööjünka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, pages 159–160
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