jetü

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See also: ĵetu

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV jetü
Brazilian standard fetö
New Tribes jetö

Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *petɨ (thigh). Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jetü (possessed jetü)

  1. thigh, leg

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jetü”, 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 217, 291, 390:he:tü 'my foot' [] he:tü 'leg' [] he:tü - my leg
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “hētɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021