kümü

See also: kumu and k'umu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kümü
Brazilian standard	kömö
New Tribes	cömö

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɨmɨ]

Noun

kümü (possessed kümüi)

1. (large) knife, machete

Derived terms

• kümü'kö

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kümü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 290, 393: “i-kü:müy > *kyü:müy > chü:müy 'his machete' […] kümü -kü:mü -i 'machete' […] kümü - machete”