Cubeo

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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cojʉjovayʉ

  1. pacify, calm (pains, storms, fights, but not wars).
    Jʉeðocʉ oyʉre teiyabeare jíni cojʉjovabi.
    He made a crying child stop crying by giving them candy.
  2. cool.
    Veavʉare jatʉóiye báquede cojʉjovabico.
    She cooled the ears she had cooked.

References

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  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "cojʉjovayʉ", 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