ökünü

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ökünü
Brazilian standard äköönö
New Tribes äcöönö

Etymology

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Hall analyzes the final -nü as a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ökünü (obligatorily possessed; possessed ökünü or ekünü)

  1. pet

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ökünü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 114
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “äköönö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291