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Cubeo
Pronunciation
Verb
boropateyʉ
- to be aloof, to not pay attention
- Ocore boropateibi ʉ̃́cachĩa.
- It's going to rain, but you don't pay attention and you get wet.
- to be to blame
- Yavimi moare ãiyede mímacʉ boropateibi, cʉ̃ramine ʉ̃i biebe boje.
- Your son is to blame for the dog eating the fish, because he didn't close the door.
References
- N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "boropateyʉ", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
- N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN