a'deuwü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	a'deuwü
Brazilian standard	a'dewwö
New Tribes	a'dewwö

Etymology

From a'deu (“word”) +‎ -wü (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʔdewwɨ]

Verb

a'deuwü

1. (intransitive, patientive) to speak

Derived terms

• a'deujötü

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “a'deuwü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 149
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “w-aʔdew-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021