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Ye'kwana
Etymology
Perhaps from öt- (verbalizer) + anümü (“to scoop up”); if so, then this word would be expected to be agentive rather than patientive, so it may be that either this etymology or the patientive assignment of the verb is wrong.
Pronunciation
Verb
aanümü
- (intransitive, patientive) to stand up
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aanümü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 132