ööjüma

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ööjüma
Brazilian standard ääjöma
New Tribes ääjöma

Etymology

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From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ öjü (body) +‎ -ma (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ööjüma

  1. (intransitive) to grow up, to grow into one’s adult body

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ööjüma”, 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, pages 241–242:äjömanä