a'yanoma

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	a'yanoma
Brazilian standard	a'yanooma
New Tribes	a'yanooma

Etymology

From a'yano (“ill omen”) +‎ -ma (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʔɟanoːma]

Verb

a'yanoma (transitive)

1. to grumble, to make a complaint
2. to get angry

   Synonym: öötüma

   Hyponyms: ewoichone'ma, waadeta, waadejajo

Derived terms

• ata'yanoma

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “a'yanoma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon