yodi

Ayoreo

Noun

yodi (base form yot)

1. water

Further reading

• Pier Marco Bertinetto, Ayoreo (Zamuco). A grammatical sketch, Quaderni del Laboratorio di Linguistica della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa 8 (2009), page 41

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From yo (“to grow”) +‎ -t (transitional suffix) +‎ -i (nominalizer). Kari glosses it as 'one being aware.'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔti/

Noun

yodi

1. golden eagle

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 481