aichü

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV aichü
Brazilian standard aichö
New Tribes aichö

Pronunciation

Verb

aichü

  1. (transitive) to insert (something) into a hole
  2. (transitive) to plant (manioc)

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aichü”, 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 386:ai'chüdü - to put a stick into a hole; to plant yuca
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “aiʔčɨdɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021