jadui

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See also: jadüi

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV jadui
Brazilian standard fadui
New Tribes jadui

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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jadui (obligatorily possessed; possessed jaduichü)

  1. younger sister
  2. younger female parallel cousin

Usage notes

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

References

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  • 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