a'deeja

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	a'deeja
Brazilian standard	a'deeja
New Tribes	a'deeja

Alternative forms

• a'deuja

Etymology

Ultimately derived from a'deu (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʔdeːha]

Verb

a'deeja (transitive)

1. to call, to call to, to summon
2. to welcome, to greet

Derived terms

• ata'deeja

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “a'deeja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 385: “a:'deufa'to'me - to call”
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “aʔdewhaʔdɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021