a'kü
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Ye'kwana[edit]
ALIV | a'kü |
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Brazilian standard | a'kö |
New Tribes | a'cö |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *arokɨ (“tail, penis”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
a'kü (possessed a'küdü)
- tail
- person who walks behind others on a path, follower
- person who follows another’s lead more broadly, follower
References[edit]
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “a'kü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “da:'küdü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “dāʔkɨdɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
- Briceño, Luis García (2024) Walking with Jesus in indigenous Amazonia: for an anthropology of paths[3], London: London School of Economics and Political Science, pages 80, 204:
- Another expression still that I registered was that, on a path, one is “the tail” of those walking ahead – Yk. dhacödö. […] the music of blocks is a flow that might “go up” or “go down”, and that the leader of the group is the “master” or “owner” – Yk. adhaajä – who “commands” – Yk. e’se’tadö – the rest of the group –, again, their “servants” or “followers” – who are following him or at “his tail” – Yk. dhacodöje.