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Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *tipotɨ (“hair”), with epenthetic initial i- after syllable reduction. Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.
Pronunciation
Noun
i'jotü (possessed 'jotü)
- feathers, hair, hide (of humans or animals)
Derived terms
References
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “i'jhotö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 291, 391: “ü'ho:'tü 'hide, feathers' […] i'ho'tü - feathers, hair”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “iʔhōʔtɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021