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Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
| ALIV
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| Brazilian standard
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entajo
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| New Tribes
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Etymology
Perhaps from e- (intransitivizer) + nta (“mouth”) + ajo (“to chew”).
Pronunciation
Verb
entajo
- (intransitive, patientive) to open one’s mouth
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “entajoo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon