ötü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "otu"

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtetɨ. Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ətɨ]

Noun

ötü (possessed ötü or etü)

  1. name

Derived terms

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ötü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 113
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291
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