emjü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV	emjü
Brazilian standard	emjö
New Tribes	emjö

Etymology

Derived from önu (“eye”). Perhaps cognate to Kari'na enyky, enupy (“to hurt the eye of, to get something in the eye”) (the expected cognate form would likely be Kari'na *enypy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [emm̥ɨ]

Verb

emjü

(transitive) to put a substance in the eyes

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “emjü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 438