aawüttüünaka

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	aawüttüünaka
Brazilian standard	aawöttöönaka
New Tribes	aawöttöönaca

Etymology

Perhaps prefixed with öt- (intransitivizer), although it is unclear if a transitive root *awüttüünaka exists.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aːwɨttɨːnaka]

Verb

aawüttüünaka

1. (intransitive, agentive) to flip upside down

Related terms

• aawütünajötü

References

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