yatu
Juba Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Sudanese Arabic ياتو (yātu).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
yatu
References edit
- Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 181
Ye'kwana edit
Alternative forms edit
- da'tu (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *jatu (“to burn”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
yatu
- (Caura River dialect, intransitive, patientive) to burn