Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV emu'nojü
Brazilian standard emu'nofö
New Tribes emu'nojö

Pronunciation

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Verb

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emu'nojü (transitive)

  1. to try to deceive, to set up a deception or engage in suspicious behavior in order to trick (someone)
  2. to distract (someone)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “emu'nojü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 438, 449