de'wonontö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	de'wonontö
Brazilian standard	de'wonontä
New Tribes	de'wonontä

Etymology

Perhaps from de'wö (“upon, on”) +‎ -ano (nominalizer) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer), although this leaves the second n unexplained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deʔβonontə]

Verb

de'wonontö

1. (transitive) to put on top of, to put on

References

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