emo'tö

See also: emoto

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	emo'tö
Brazilian standard	emo'tä
New Tribes	emo'tä

Etymology

Likely prefixed with e- (intransitivizer), though no transitive verb *mo'tö (“to lay (something) down, to lean (something)”) seems to be attested.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emoʔtə]

Verb

emo'tö (intransitive, patientive)

1. to go to bed, to lie down
2. to lean or rest against something

References

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