muttu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	muttu
Brazilian standard	muttu
New Tribes	muttu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muttu]

Noun

muttu

1. a kind of worm or grub that eats leaves

Related terms

• motto
• mottoo

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “muttu”, 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 217, 394: “mutu' 'worm' […] mutu - worm, maggot”