oowontö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	oowontö
Brazilian standard	oowontä
New Tribes	oowontä

Etymology

From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ ewontö (“to defend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oːβontə]

Verb

oowontö (intransitive, agentive)

1. to defend oneself
2. to refuse to be handed over to another family

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “oowontö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon