tütü'tajö'e

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	tütü'tajö'e
Brazilian standard	tötö'tajä'e
New Tribes	tötö'tajä'e

Etymology

From t- -e (adverbializer) +‎ w- (intransitive prefix) +‎ tü'tajötü (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɨtɨʔtahəʔe]

Adverb

tütü'tajö'e

1. being pensive, pensively, while thinking

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 240, 381
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 302