wo'jüdü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	wo'jüdü
Brazilian standard	wo'födö
New Tribes	wo'jödö

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [βoʔhʷɨɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

wo'jüdü

1. mother-in-law (of a man or woman)
2. great-grandmother (of a man)
3. (in relation to a man) father’s sister, paternal aunt
4. (in relation to a man) mother’s brother’s wife

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “wo'jüdü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 115
• 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, 73–74: “wo'jüdü”