coyʉ

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈjɨ/

Verb

coyʉ

1. to enter (a house, a trap, a hole, a river).

   Moa obedivʉ corãma cobobʉi ñamine.

   During the night many fish evidently entered the trap.

2. to sink.
3. to drown.

   Duicacacʉ corĩ bíjabiya ẽnoare.

   They say a man down the river drowned yesterday.

References

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