ekkwöjötü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ekkwöjötü
Brazilian standard	ekkwäjäätö
New Tribes	eccwäjäätö

Etymology

From ekku (“to respond to (singing) by repeating it, to echo”) +‎ -jötü (pluractional suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ekkʷəhəːtɨ]

Verb

ekkwöjötü

1. (transitive) to reply to, to respond to (someone)

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ekkwöjötü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 438
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ekwäjäätödö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI