ööjüma

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ööjüma
Brazilian standard	ääjöma
New Tribes	ääjöma

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^[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 241–242: “äjömanä”