i'moi
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | i'moi |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | i'moi |
| New Tribes | i'moi |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *pumo (“egg”), with epenthetic initial i- after syllable reduction.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]i'moi
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “i'moi”, 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, pages 229, 391: “[i'mọi] 'egg' […] i'moi - egg”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “iʔmoi”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021