ümü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ümü
Brazilian standard	ömö
New Tribes	ömö

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *jumɨ; compare Apalaí jumy, Kari'na jumy, Trió junme, Wayana jumï, Waiwai yïmï, Macushi yun, Pemon yun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨmɨ]

Noun

ümü (possessed ümü)

1. father
2. father’s brother; paternal uncle
3. mother’s sister’s husband

Usage notes

Some of the possessed forms are irregular: first-person singular jaaja, second-person singular omo.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ümü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• 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, 73: “umü […] ümü”