ñájiñʉ

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjãxijɨ̃/

Verb

ñájiñʉ

1. to suffer, to work very hard, to endure deprivation

   Eobʉquede ñájiñʉme ʉ̃.

   He is suffering from malaria. ñájine ðayʉ punish, make suffer, persecute.

   Pãmivare ñaradaviva ne yebacateiye báquede ñájine ðarejaquemavʉ pare.

   When the whites had the indigenous people as slaves, they made them suffer a lot.

See also

• boayʉ́
• cobayʉ
• ñájiovañʉ

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "ñájiñʉ", 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