öönejünü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	öönejünü
Brazilian standard	äänejöönö
New Tribes	äänejöönö

Etymology

Apparently from ööne (“to be seen”) +‎ -jünü (negative suffix), but the latter does not ordinarily attach to verbs; an additional adverbializer may be at play somewhere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əːnehɨːnɨ]

Noun

öönejünü

1. something that cannot be seen with the naked eye

References

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “äänejöönö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI