tönömü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	tönömü
Brazilian standard	tänäämö
New Tribes	tänäämö

Etymology

From t- -e (adverbializer) +‎ önöö (“to eat meat”) +‎ -mü (patient nominalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tənəːmɨ]

Noun

tönömü

1. meat to be eaten, meat as food or as a meal

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 229, 399: “[tënẹ̈:mị̈] 'dinner, meat' […] tönömü - food, meat”