kujeje

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kujeje
Brazilian standard	kufeeje
New Tribes	cujeeje

Etymology

From kuje (“madness, epilepsy”) +‎ -je (adverbializer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuhʷeːhe]

Adverb

kujeje

1. being crazy or senile

References

• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 201, 246: “cujeje”