yeichüdöje

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Ultimately from ei (“to be”). Suffixed with -je (adverbializer). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟejt͡ʃɨɾ̠əːhe]

Adverb

yeichüdöje

1. always, forever

References

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