awanta'ñö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	awanta'ñö
Brazilian standard	awanta'nhä
New Tribes	awanta'ñä

Etymology

From Spanish aguantar + -'ñö (loanword verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [awantaʔɲə]

Verb

awanta'ñö

1. (transitive) to resist, withstand, bear, endure

References

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