ömije
Ye'kwana
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately suffixed with -je (adverbializer), perhaps from ömi (“fingernail, claw”) + -je.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [əmiːhe]
Usage notes
- Cáceres labels the variant amije as the current pronunciation in the Caura River dialect.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ömije, amije”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ömi:he”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “əmīhe”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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