See also: otoko and ötö'kö

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ö'tökö
Brazilian standard ä'täkä
New Tribes ä'täcä

Etymology

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From öjö (irregular alteration of ejö) +‎ -tö (non-third-person plural suffix) +‎ -kö (imperative suffix); the extra -'de from the singular form disappears.

For the initial vowel in the irregular root form *öjö, compare Trió ëepï, Panare ëpï.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ö'tökö

  1. plural imperative of ejö (to come)

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'tökö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 230–231
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ä'täkä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI