yeichüdöje

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Ye'kwana

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Etymology

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Ultimately from ei (to be). Suffixed with -je (adverbializer). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɟejt͡ʃɨɾ̠əːhe]

Adverb

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yeichüdöje

  1. always, forever

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yeichüdöje”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “yeichü:döhe”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University