a'du

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV a'du
Brazilian standard a'du
New Tribes a'du

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *apuru (“to close”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aʔdu]

Verb

a'du

  1. (transitive) to close, to cover

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “a'du”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “a'dukwä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 385: “[ta'ḍuke] ~ [ta'ḍuqe] 'closed' […] a:'dukö - closed”
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