öömu'nojü

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV öömu'nojü
Brazilian standard äämu'nofö
New Tribes äämu'nojö

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

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to get distracted

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öömu'nojü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 438, 449