ye'jö
Ye'kwana edit
| ALIV | ye'jö |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | ye'fä |
| New Tribes | ye'jä |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *jôtɨpô (“bone”). Hall analyzes the final -jö as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ye'jö (possessed ye'jö)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ye'jö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ye:'hö”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “yēʔhə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[3], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 183: “ye’jä”