öömu'nojü

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV öömu'nojü
Brazilian standard äämu'nofö
New Tribes äämu'nojö

Etymology

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From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ emu'nojü (to try to deceive or distract). However, an agentive verb would be expected from this construction, whereas according to Cáceres this verb is patientive.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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öömu'nojü

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to get distracted

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öömu'nojü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 438, 449