deta

See also: detă, dēta, dęta, and dętą

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese deitar.

Verb

deta

1. to lie down
2. to lay down

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	deta
Brazilian standard	deta
New Tribes	deta

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *retɨ (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deta]

Noun

deta (obligatorily possessed; possessed detai)

1. horn

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “deta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 115