jápia

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxapia/

Interjection

jápia

1. denotes familiarity and brotherhood (apparently the vestige of a kinship term now only used among women, often added to imperatives to soften them).

See also

• aichĩa
• chĩa
• javʉcʉcʉ

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "jápia", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN