nootü

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Hall analyzes the final -tü as a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [noːtɨ]

Noun

nootü (possessed nootü)

  1. 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
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