weetü
Ye'kwana
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cariban *wetɨ (“feces”). Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editweetü (possessed weetü)
References
edit- 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