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Kaingang
Pronunciation
Verb
jẽnjẽn
- to feed (to give food)
- to tame (to make tame)
- to fool; to trick; to deceive
- (Central, South-West) Alternative form of jãnjãn
References
- Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann (2011) “jẽnjẽn”, in Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Curitiba: Editora Esperança, page 32.