yööjünka

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV yööjünka
Brazilian standard yääjönka
New Tribes yääjönca

Etymology

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From iyö (inanimate invisible demonstrative pronoun) +‎ -jünka (tag question clitic).

Pronunciation

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Particle

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yööjünka

  1. used in reaction to another clause to request confirmation: Is it true? Really?

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yööjünka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 159–160