Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV edennamjü
Brazilian standard edennamjö
New Tribes edennamjö

Etymology

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From eedenna (to stop) +‎ -nöjü (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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edennamjü (transitive)

  1. to stop, to halt
  2. to finish, to finalize, to wrap up

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “edenamjü, edennamjü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 134, 437