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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From öt- (intransitivizer) + etaja (“to step on”).
Pronunciation
Verb
öötaja
- (intransitive, agentive) to step, to tread, to set one’s foot
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öötaja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Racquel-María Sapién et al. (2021) “Antipassive in the Cariban family” in Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, page 86