nnü'tö
(Redirected from inñü'tö)
Ye'kwana
editALIV | nnü'tö |
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Brazilian standard | nnö'tä |
New Tribes | nnö'tä |
Etymology
editFrom nnü (“thing, belonging”) + -tö (benefactive verbalizer).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editnnü'tö
- (transitive) to give a child his or her first beads
References
edit- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “inñü'tö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 228: “inñö’tadö”