otoneja
التعريفات والمعاني
== Ye'kwana ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ötöneja (Cunucunuma River dialect)
=== Etymology ===
From öt- (intransitivizer) + oneja (“to test, to measure”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [otoːneha]
=== Verb ===
otoneja (Caura River dialect, intransitive, agentive)
to struggle, to fight
to weigh oneself, test oneself, measure oneself
=== References ===
Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “otoneja”, 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 402: “woto:neha:nö - to fight”
Hall, Katherine (2007), “wətə̄nehānə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021