adakujusa

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV adakujusa
Brazilian standard adaakufuusa
New Tribes adaacujuusa
historical ad hoc arakusa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arcabuz (arquebus).

Pronunciation

Noun

adakujusa

  1. rifle, gun

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “adakujusa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, 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 385:adak(u)hu:sa - shotgun
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “arakusa”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN