ööjüma

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ öjü (“body”) +‎ -ma (verbalizer).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [əːhɨma]

Verb

ööjüma

  1. (intransitive) to grow up, to grow into one’s adult body

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ööjüma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 241–242: “äjömanä”
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