enü

See also: enu, -enu, enú, ënu, ēnu, and ẹnu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

Bolívar state	enü
Brazil	enö

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ônɨrɨ (“to drink”). Compare Apalaí eny, Kari'na enyry, Trió enïrï, Wayana enïlï, Waiwai eerî, Akawaio ensi, Macushi enîrî, Pemon enü.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [enɨ]

Verb

enü

1. (transitive) to drink
2. (transitive) to take

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “enü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “w-emhan-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021