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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *ôtetɨ. Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.
Pronunciation
Noun
ötü (possessed ötü or etü)
- name
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ötü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 113
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 224, 291, 387, 397: “chö:tü > chö:ttü > chö:'tü 'his name' […] ye:'tü 'name' […] chö:'tü - his name […] ö:tü - name”