Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV esidi'chö
Brazilian standard esiidi'chä
New Tribes esiidi'chä

Etymology

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From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ sidi (buttocks, rear) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [esiːɾ̠iʔt͡ʃə]

Verb

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esidi'chö

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to dance backward, to retreat dancing

References

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