waiñüjü

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wajɲɨhɨ]

Noun

waiñüjü (obligatorily possessed; possessed waiñüjüdü)

1. male cross-cousin (of a man)
2. term of address for a brother-in-law (of a man)

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “waiñüjü”, 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 288
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 68: “waiñuju, waiñujudu”