dadiweyudu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	dadiweyudu
Brazilian standard	dadiiweyuudu
New Tribes	dadiiweyuudu

Etymology

Presumably includes ade (“brief”) +‎ weyu (“summer”) +‎ -dü (possessed suffix), among other elements.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daɾ̠iːwejuːɾ̠u]

Noun

dadiweyudu

1. the ‘short summer’, roughly September to October

See also

Seasons in Ye'kwana(layout · text)
weyu, wedu (“summer”)	chukwamedawö (“start of winter”)	konojawö (“rainy season”)	dadiweyudu (“short summer”)	yatamedawö (“end of the year”)

References

• 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, page 28: “dadiweyudu”