jinñamo

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jinñamo
Brazilian standard	finnhamo
New Tribes	jinñamo

Etymology

Hall analyzes the final -mo as a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷinɲamo]

Noun

jinñamo (obligatorily possessed; possessed jinñamo)

1. wife

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jinñamo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 113
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “jhinnhamo”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291
• 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 68: “jinñamo”