cojʉjovayʉ

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈxɨxowajɨ/

Verb

cojʉjovayʉ

1. pacify, calm (pains, storms, fights, but not wars).

   Jʉeðocʉ oyʉre teiyabeare jíni cojʉjovabi.

   He made a crying child stop crying by giving them candy.

2. cool.

   Veavʉare jatʉóiye báquede cojʉjovabico.

   She cooled the ears she had cooked.

References

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