aawütünajötü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	aawütünajötü
Brazilian standard	aawötöönajäätö
New Tribes	aawötöönajäätö

Etymology

Suffixed with -jötü (pluractional suffix). Perhaps prefixed with öt- (intransitivizer), although it is unclear if a transitive root *awütünajötü exists.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aːwɨtɨːnahəːtɨ]

Verb

aawütünajötü

1. (intransitive, agentive) to roll around, to roll over and over

Related terms

• aawüttüünaka

 

References

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