enejü

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word enejü. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word enejü, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say enejü in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word enejü you have here. The definition of the word enejü will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofenejü, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Verb

enejü

  1. (transitive) to bring

Usage notes

This verb takes an irregular suffix that replaces its final vowel instead of the ordinary recent/distant past perfective suffix -i. Similarly, the plural form of the same suffix is -oto rather than -icho.

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “enejü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 129, 215–216, 438
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-enehɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021