atajima

== Ye'kwana == === Alternative forms === atajjima (Cunucunuma River dialect) atajüma === Etymology === Probably from öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ *ajima (“to sit (someone) down”), although it is unclear whether the latter verb can be attested. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ataːhima] === Verb === atajima (Caura River dialect, intransitive, agentive) to sit down === References === Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “atajima”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 401: “watahhima:nö - to sit down” Hall, Katherine (2007), “w-atahhimā-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021