entajo

Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
ALIV entajo
Brazilian standard entajo
New Tribes entajo

Etymology

Perhaps from e- (intransitivizer) +‎ nta (“mouth”) +‎ ajo (“to chew”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [entaho]

Verb

entajo

  1. (intransitive, patientive) to open one’s mouth

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “entajoo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
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