jadui

See also: jadüi

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV jadui
Brazilian standard fadui
New Tribes jadui

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hʷaɾ̠uj]

Noun

jadui (obligatorily possessed; possessed jaduichü)

  1. younger sister
  2. younger female parallel cousin

Usage notes

This noun has a suppletive first-person possessed form, ödümö.

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “jadüi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, page 112
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “jhaaduichö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • 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, 69: “jaduchü […] jaduichükö”
  • 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
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