'wa'tönei

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	'wa'tönei
Brazilian standard	'wa'tänei
New Tribes	'wa'tänei

Etymology

From 'wa'tö (“to help”) +‎ -nei (agent nominalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔwaʔtənej]

Noun

'wa'tönei (possessed 'wa'tönei)

1. collaborator, helper

References

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