jötü

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See also: -jötü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV jötü
Brazilian standard fätö
New Tribes jätö

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *potɨ (beak, snout, point).

Pronunciation

Noun

jötü

  1. beak
  2. snout, muzzle

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jötü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 442