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Spanish
Verb
atame
- second-person singular voseo imperative of atar combined with me
Ye'kwana
Etymology
From öt- (intransitivizer) + ame (“to lick, to eat”).
Pronunciation
Verb
atame
- (intransitive, agentive) to come to an end, to be over, to run out
- 2008, speakers ‘Jdk’ and ‘Anl’ from Boca de Piña (ConvChurB.018–021), recorded in Cáceres, Natalia (2011), Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, page 337:
Jdk. “Ye'kwana weichü natamei” ke wö'düadü.
Anl. ¡Yaatamedü!
Jdk. Tamedö natamei, wönwanö natamei, sü'na emi'chüdü natamei […]- Jdk. I say that the Ye’kwana’s way of life has ended.
Anl. It’s coming to an end!
Jdk. Everything has ended, the dance has ended, taking dogs hunting has ended
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “atame”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon