saayu

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Inupiaq

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).

Noun

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saayu

  1. tea (Bering Straits)
    Saayu imiqtuni naguuruq.
    Tea is good to drink.

Synonyms

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV saayu
Brazilian standard saayu
New Tribes saayu

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish sal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saayu (possessed saayui)

  1. salt
  2. broad wrist bracelet made of white beads

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “saayu”, 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 226, 290, 398:i-sa:yuy > *sya:yuy > sha:yuy 'his salt' [] sayu -sa:yu -i 'salt' [] sa:yu - salt
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “sayu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 41:saiyu