Cubeo

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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boayʉ́

  1. to hit, to punish
    Yavimine boajácʉ, ãuro ñavañʉre.
    Hit the dog that steals the cassava.
  2. to kill
    Yʉ vecʉre boacácʉ õpoñʉque.
    I killed a tapir with a shotgun.
  3. to play (musical instruments that have strings and drums)
    Bojʉvʉ biurabʉare boarĩ́ yʉriaivʉbu.
    Young people sing playing guitars.

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References

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  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "boayʉ́", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN