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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From öt- (intransitivizer) + emu'nojü (“to try to deceive or distract”). However, an agentive verb would be expected from this construction, whereas according to Cáceres this verb is patientive.
Pronunciation
Verb
öömu'nojü
- (intransitive, patientive) to get distracted
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öömu'nojü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 438, 449