öiye

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV öiye
Brazilian standard äiye
New Tribes äiye

Pronunciation

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Noun

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öiye (obligatorily possessed; possessed öiyedü or eiyedü)

  1. brother-in-law (of a man)

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “öiye”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 111
  • 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, 68:yeiyedü [] eiyedü