yaji

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Martuthunira

Pronunciation

Noun

yaji

  1. The father of one's wife; father-in-law.

References

  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Nupe

Etymology

From jìyà (to be poor).

Pronunciation

Noun

yàjì

  1. poverty

Derived terms

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV yaji
Brazilian standard yaji
New Tribes yaji
historical ad hoc iahi

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from a Yanomami language; compare Yanomamö yãpi (grey-winged trumpeter).

Pronunciation

Noun

yaji

  1. the agami or grey-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepitans

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yaji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “yaji”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 124
  • Ye’kwana nonoodö: yawaadeejudinnha wenhä = Território Ye’kwana: a vida em Auaris (overall work in Ye'kwana and Portuguese), São Paulo: ISA – Instituto Socioambiental, 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 91:yaji
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “iahi”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 36:yaji