nootü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	nootü
Brazilian standard	nootö
New Tribes	nootö

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [noːtɨ]

Noun

nootü (possessed nootü)

1. grandmother

Usage notes

This noun has a suppletive first-person possessed form, aicha.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nootü”, 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, 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, pages 62–65, 70, 74: “nootü”