Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV nnejenö
Brazilian standard nnejeenä
New Tribes nnejeenä

Etymology

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From nne (child) +‎ -je (adverbializer) +‎ -nö (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nnejenö

  1. (transitive) to pamper, to spoil (a child)

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “inñejenö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 149, 440