wokü

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See also: woku, WoKü, and wókʾu

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV wokü
Brazilian standard wokö
New Tribes wocö

Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *woku (drink); compare Apalaí oku, Kari'na woku, Trió jokï, Wayana okï, Waiwai woku, Akawaio uku, Macushi woku, Pemon wok.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wokü (possessed woküdü)

  1. manioc gruel or mush

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wokü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 111
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 224, 229, 289, 402:wo:küdü > *wo:kküdü > wo:'küdü 'my yucuta' [] wo:'kü 'yucuta' [] wokü -wokü -dü 'manioc drink' [] wo'kü - manioc meal or mush [] wo:küdü - my manioc meal or mush
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 238:wocö