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ũmetʉyʉ

[ũˈbẽtɨjɨ]

verb

LanguageCubeo

Meaning
  1. to depress (lit. soul-fall)
  2. to depress
  3. To feel deep sadness or a loss of spirit, often described literally as the soul falling.
Examples

“Mi cʉbobare burarĩ jarʉvaiye jaʉvʉ”, jʉoipõecʉ ʉ̃i aiyede ãðai cũimʉ mácʉre, ũmetʉavʉ̃ya ʉ̃́re.

They say that when the doctor told him that he would have to amputate his foot because of the snake bite, he became depressed.

Pronunciationũˈbẽtɨjɨ

Part of speechverb

Usage noteLiterally translates to soul-fall, reflecting the cultural understanding of depression.

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ũmetʉyʉ in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.