japʉyoyʉ

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈpɨjojɨ/

Verb

japʉyoyʉ

1. to open a trail (in the mountains with your hands when breaking small branches and bushes)

   Ma cʉbenore japʉyorĩ nʉvʉ ñʉja.

   We were breaking the branches and bushes to open a trail.

See also

• copopoyʉ
• pʉyoyʉ

References

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