nnü'tö
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Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | nnü'tö |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | nnö'tä |
| New Tribes | nnö'tä |
Etymology
[edit]From nnü (“thing, belonging”) + -tö (benefactive verbalizer).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nnü'tö
- (transitive) to give a child his or her first beads
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “inñü'tö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 228: “inñö’tadö”