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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *apôti (“to seize”). Compare also ajö (“arm”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ajöi (transitive)
- to grasp, to grab
- to record (someone’s words, etc.)
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ajöi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “-ahəi-”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021