wetuje

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Ultimately suffixed with -je (adverbializer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wetuːhʷe]

Adverb

wetuje

1. being sleepy, tired

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wetuje”, 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, pages 201, 246: “wetuuje”