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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From öt- (intransitivizer) + öjü (“body”) + -ma (verbalizer).
Pronunciation
Verb
ööjüma
- (intransitive) to grow up, to grow into one’s adult body
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ööjüma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 241–242: “äjömanä”