tajöwiye

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV tajöwiye
Brazilian standard tajääwiye
New Tribes tajääwiye

Etymology

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Probably formed with the adverbializer t- -e. The root ajöwi may then in turn derive from ajö (arm).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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tajöwiye

  1. having red or black arms or front legs

References

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