ũmetʉyʉ

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Cubeo

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ũmetʉyʉ

  1. to depress (lit. soul-fall)
    “Mi cʉbobare burarĩ jarʉvaiye jaʉvʉ”, jʉoipõecʉ ʉ̃i aiyede ãðai cũimʉ mácʉre, ũmetʉavʉ̃ya ʉ̃́re.
    They say that when the doctor told him that he would have to amputate his foot because of the snake bite, he became depressed.

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References

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  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "ũmetʉyʉ", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN