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Ye'kwana
Etymology
Hall analyzes the final -tü as a fossilized derivational suffix.
Pronunciation
Noun
nootü (possessed nootü)
- grandmother
Usage notes
This noun has a suppletive first-person possessed form, aicha.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nootü”, 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 291
- Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 70, 74: “nootü”