damai

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See also: dāmài and dàmài

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damai

  1. first-person singular past historic of damer

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay damai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damay, from Proto-Austronesian *damay (peace, empathy, harmony).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈda.mai̯]
  • Hyphenation: da‧mai

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damai

  1. peaceful

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Italian[edit]

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damai

  1. first-person singular past historic of damare

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Ye'kwana[edit]

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Noun[edit]

damai (possessed damaichü)

  1. a vine used in barbasco fishing, possibly Swartzia macrophylla

References[edit]

  • 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, page 34
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “damai”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 288
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “damai”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI