aanümü

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV aanümü
Brazilian standard aanömö
New Tribes aanömö

Etymology

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Perhaps from öt- (verbalizer) +‎ anümü (to scoop up); if so, then this word would be expected to be agentive rather than patientive, so it may be that either this etymology or the patientive assignment of the verb is wrong.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aanümü

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to stand up

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aanümü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 132