yoema

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From yoe +‎ -ma. The suffix has its origin with the cultural phenomenon that tree-cutting was a job of men.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jÉ”.É›.ma]

Noun

yoema

  1. axe
  2. machete

References
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)
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