adakujusa

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arcabuz (“arquebus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɾ̠aːkuhʷuːsa]

Noun

adakujusa

1. rifle, gun

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “adakujusa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “adak(u)hu:sa”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “arakusa”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN