etunuichojo

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	etunuichojo
Brazilian standard	etuunuichofo
New Tribes	etuunuichojo

Etymology

From etunuichö (“to injure”) +‎ -jo (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [etuːnujt͡ʃohʷo]

Verb

etunuichojo

1. (transitive) to let (someone) get hurt, to let (someone) come to harm
   • 2008, speaker ‘MaJo’ from Boca de Piña (CtoWoshi.003–004), recorded in Cáceres, Natalia (2011), Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, page 355:

     “Edaichökö'de jinñamo” ke “maama. Aajichaane edaichökö'de, manetunuichojo'no.”

     “Mom,” he said, “take care of my wife. Take good care of her, lest you let her get hurt.”