ötü
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "otu"
Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | ötü |
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Brazilian standard | ätö |
New Tribes | ätö |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *ôtetɨ. Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ötü (possessed ötü or etü)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ötü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 113
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 224, 291, 387, 397: “chö:tü > chö:ttü > chö:'tü 'his name' […] ye:'tü 'name' […] chö:'tü - his name […] ö:tü - name”