yeichüdöje

Ye'kwana edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from ei (“to be”). Suffixed with -je (adverbializer). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ɟejt͡ʃɨɾ̠əːhe]

Adverb edit

yeichüdöje

always, forever

References edit

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yeichüdöje”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “yeichü:döhe”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University