yööjünka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	yööjünka
Brazilian standard	yääjönka
New Tribes	yääjönca

Etymology

From iyö (inanimate invisible demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -jünka (tag question clitic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟəːhɨŋka]

Particle

yööjünka

1. used in reaction to another clause to request confirmation: Is it true? Really?

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yööjünka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 159–160