yavayʉ

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈwajɨ/

Verb

yavayʉ

1. to emerge, to come to the surface (of fish that rise to the surface to eat).

   Veaborʉ yavaiyame.

   The jacun goes to the surface of the river to eat.

See also

• boayʉ́
• tʉyʉ
• vayʉ

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "yavayʉ", 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