jüü

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See also: Juu, juu, and juú

Ye'kwana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *wɨpɨ; compare Apalaí ypy, Kari'na wypy, Trió pïï, Wayana ïpï, Waiwai ïpï, Akawaio wï', Macushi wî', Pemon wük.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jüü (possessed jüüdü)

  1. mountain, tepui

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jüü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “hü:”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “hɨ̄”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021