ojonkomo

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ojonkomo
Brazilian standard	ofonkomo
New Tribes	ojoncomo

Alternative forms

• öjonkomo (Brazil)

Etymology

From öjöne (singular imperative of ütö) +‎ -komo (noun plural clitic), with unexpected syllable reduction in öjöne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ohʷoŋkomo]

Verb

ojonkomo

1. plural imperative of ütö (“to go”)

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ojone”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 230–231
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “äjonkomo”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI