ntajidichü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ntajidichü
Brazilian standard	ntajiidichö
New Tribes	ntajiidichö

Etymology

Ultimately derived from nta (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ntahiːɾ̠it͡ʃɨ]

Verb

ntajidichü

1. (transitive) to put something foul-tasting or very spicy in (someone’s) mouth

Usage notes

Notably used in reference to traditional practices, wherein spicy peppers were given to children with no appetite and prospective parents who had eaten game hunted by dogs.

References

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