tüdüemü

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV tüdüemü
Brazilian standard tödööemö
New Tribes tödööemö
historical ad hoc tidi'uma

Etymology

From t- -e (adverbializer) +‎ üdü (to do, to make) +‎ -mü (patient nominalizer).

Pronunciation

Noun

tüdüemü

  1. objects or artifacts made by the Ye'kwana, as opposed to those acquired by trade or chance
    Antonym: müsoma

References

  • Albernaz, Pablo de Castro (2020) The Ye’kwana Cosmosonics: A Musical Ethnography of a North-Amazon People, Tübingen: Universität Tübingen, page 128
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 69–70, 88, 91:tidi'uma