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a'deeja

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV a'deeja
Brazilian standard a'deeja
New Tribes a'deeja

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately derived from a'deu (word).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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a'deeja (transitive)

  1. to call, to call to, to summon
  2. to welcome, to greet

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “a'deeja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 385:a:'deufa'to'me - to call
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “aʔdewhaʔdɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021