wokü
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Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | wokü |
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Brazilian standard | wokö |
New Tribes | wocö |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *woku (“drink”); compare Apalaí oku, Kari'na woku, Trió jokï, Wayana okï, Waiwai woku, Akawaio uku, Macushi woku, Pemon wok.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wokü (possessed woküdü)
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wokü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 111
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “wo:küdü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 289
- 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”