atannöjü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	atannöjü
Brazilian standard	atannäjö
New Tribes	atannäjö

Etymology

From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ annöjü (“to pick up, fetch, raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [atannəhɨ]

Verb

atannöjü (intransitive, agentive)

1. to rise (said of a boat rising from the water because of uneven weight, of tobacco leaves that have not been sufficiently compacted, etc.)
2. to get rich

References

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