Ye'kwana edit

Variant orthographies
ALIV jadudu
Brazilian standard faduudu
New Tribes jaduudu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cariban *paru(ru); compare Apalaí paruru, Kari'na paruru, Akurio paaru, Carijona haru, Trió paaruru, Wayana palu, Akawaio paruru, Macushi paruru, Pemon paruru, as well as Sranan Tongo palulu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

jadudu (possessed jadudui)

  1. banana or plantain (Musa × paradisiaca)

References edit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jadudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “hadu:du”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 31:juadudu