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Ye'kwana
Etymology
Derived from önu (“eye”). Perhaps cognate to Kari'na enyky, enupy (“to hurt the eye of, to get something in the eye”) (the expected cognate form would likely be Kari'na *enypy).
Pronunciation
Verb
emjü
- (transitive) to put a substance in the eyes
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “emjü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 438