Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ijedü
Brazilian standard ijheedö
New Tribes ijeedö

Etymology

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Likely derived from jedü (face), if not merely a variant (the third-person possessed form?) of the same word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ijedü

  1. cliff, precipice

References

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