entajo

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	entajo
Brazilian standard	entajo
New Tribes	entajo

Etymology

Perhaps from e- (intransitivizer) +‎ nta (“mouth”) +‎ ajo (“to chew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [entaho]

Verb

entajo

1. (intransitive, patientive) to open one’s mouth

References

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