ömije
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | ömije |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | ämiijhe |
| New Tribes | ämiije |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately suffixed with -je (adverbializer), perhaps from ömi (“fingernail, claw”) + -je.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ömije
- (now chiefly Cunucunuma River dialect) being hungry
Usage notes
[edit]- Cáceres labels the variant amije as the current pronunciation in the Caura River dialect.
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ömije, amije”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “amijjhe”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ömi:he”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “əmīhe”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[3], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021