jadudu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jadudu
Brazilian standard	faduudu
New Tribes	jaduudu

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *paru(ru); compare Apalaí paruru, Kari'na paruru, Akurio paaru, Carijona haru, Trió paaruru, Wayana palu, Akawaio paruru, Macushi paruru, Pemon paruru, as well as Sranan Tongo palulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷaɾ̠uːɾ̠u]

Noun

jadudu (possessed jadudui)

1. banana or plantain (Musa × paradisiaca)

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jadudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “hadu:du”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
• 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 31: “juadudu”