Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV eyajö'tö
Brazilian standard eyaajä'tä
New Tribes eyaajä'tä

Etymology

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From öyajö (master, possessor) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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eyajö'tö

  1. (Caura River dialect, transitive) to take ownership of, to appropriate

References

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