jẽnjẽn

Kaingang

FWOTD – 19 September 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæ̃njæ̃n/

Verb

jẽnjẽn

1. to feed (to give food)
2. to tame (to make tame)
3. to fool; to trick; to deceive
4. (Central, South-West) Alternative form of jãnjãn

References

• Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann (2011) “jẽnjẽn”, in Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang‎^[1], 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Curitiba: Editora Esperança, page 32.