dijushi

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV dijushi
Brazilian standard dijhuushi
New Tribes dijuushi

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dijushi

  1. (Caura River dialect) the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “dijushi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], 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 388:dehu:shi 'slide, earthquake' [sic – meaning mistranslated from temblador]
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “dehūši”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021