yawanadüje

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV yawanadüje
Brazilian standard yawaanadööje
New Tribes yawaanadööje

Etymology[edit]

From y- +‎ awaana (to dawn) +‎ -dü (action nominalizer) +‎ -je (adverbializer).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɟawaːnaɾ̠ɨːhe]

Adverb[edit]

yawanadüje

  1. in dawning

References[edit]

  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 301