na'dudu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	na'dudu
Brazilian standard	na'dudu
New Tribes	na'dudu

Etymology

From n- (transitive agent marker) +‎ a'du (“to close, to cover”) +‎ -dü (action nominalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naʔduɾ̠u]

Noun

na'dudu (possessed na'dudu)

1. lid, cover

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 289