tajöwiye

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	tajöwiye
Brazilian standard	tajääwiye
New Tribes	tajääwiye

Etymology

Probably formed with the adverbializer t- -e. The root ajöwi may then in turn derive from ajö (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tahəːvije]

Adverb

tajöwiye

1. having red or black arms or front legs

References

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