Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV öötaja
Brazilian standard äätaja
New Tribes äätaja

Etymology

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From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ etaja (to step on).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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öötaja

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to step, to tread, to set one’s foot

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öötaja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Racquel-María Sapién et al. (2021) “Antipassive in the Cariban family” in Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, page 86