jatiya

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jatiya
Brazilian standard	fatiiya
New Tribes	jatiiya

Etymology

Borrowed from Venezuelan Spanish patilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷatiːja]

Noun

jatiya (possessed jatiyai)

1. watermelon

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 290, 390: “[hati:ya] 'watermelon' (from Sp 'patilla') [...] hatiya -ha:tiya -i 'watermelon' [...] hati:ya - watermellon [sic]”