enü

See also: enu, -enu, enú, ënu, ēnu, and ẹnu

Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
ALIV enü
Brazilian standard enö
New Tribes enö

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ônɨrɨ (“to drink”). Compare Apalaí eny, Kari'na enyry, Trió enïrï, Wayana enïlï, Waiwai eerî, Akawaio ensi, Macushi enîrî, Pemon enü.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [enɨ]

Verb

enü

  1. (transitive) to drink
  2. (transitive) to take

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “enü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “w-emhan-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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