inñü'tö

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From nnü (“thing, belonging”) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inɲɨʔtə]

Verb

inñü'tö

1. (transitive) to give a child his or her first beads

References

• 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”