jijecʉcʉ

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Cubeo

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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jijecʉcʉ m (plural jijecʉrivʉ)

  1. angry, brave, fierce.
    Yavi jijecʉcʉre eavʉ yʉ macarõi.
    I found a ferocious tiger in the bush.

Verb

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jijecʉcʉ

  1. (stative) to be brave, to be fierce, to be angry, to be malicious, to be meticulous.
    Nócavʉre jijecʉbi; cõmeimaða ʉ̃i jiore.
    He is angry with the people there; They say they stole the cassava from his farm.

See also

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References

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  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "jijecʉcʉ", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN