ajöi

See also: ajoi

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *apôti (“to seize”). Compare also ajö (“arm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ahəj]

Verb

ajöi

  1. (transitive) to grasp, to grab
  2. (transitive) to record (someone’s words, etc.)

Derived terms

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ajöi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007), “-ahəi-”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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