coaivʉ

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈaiwɨ/

Verb

coaivʉ

1. to dry up, to lower (of rivers and streams).

   Ijiya coavʉ.

   The Vaupés river was lowered.

   Coaivʉ yʉre jipocoro.

   I live at the head of a stream that dried up.

See also

• carayʉ
• ecoivʉ
• papaivʉ
• popovayʉ
• popoyʉ

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "coaivʉ", 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