dadiweyudu

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV dadiweyudu
Brazilian standard dadiiweyuudu
New Tribes dadiiweyuudu

Etymology

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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [daɾ̠iːwejuːɾ̠u]

Noun

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dadiweyudu

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

See also

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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

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  • 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