jüwai
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | jüwai |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | föwai |
| New Tribes | jöwai |
| historical ad hoc | huhai |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Apalaí pyaxi, Kari'na pyjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači, Trió pïjai, Wayana pïjai, Akawaio piyaisan, Pemon piyai, Yao (South America) peeiai, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi paye.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jüwai
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “juwai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 87, 442
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “hü:wai”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “huhai”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- 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, page 48: “ju’wai”