ötü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "otu"

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ötü
Brazilian standard	ätö
New Tribes	ätö

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtetɨ. Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ətɨ]

Noun

ötü (possessed ötü or etü)

1. name

Derived terms

• ötü neene

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ötü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 113
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291