de'wonontö

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV de'wonontö
Brazilian standard de'wonontä
New Tribes de'wonontä

Etymology

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Perhaps from de'wö (upon, on) +‎ -ano (nominalizer) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer), although this leaves the second n unexplained.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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de'wonontö

  1. (transitive) to put on top of, to put on

References

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