jadui

See also: jadüi

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jadui
Brazilian standard	fadui
New Tribes	jadui

Alternative forms

• jadüi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷaɾ̠uj]

Noun

jadui (obligatorily possessed; possessed jaduichü)

1. younger sister
2. younger female parallel cousin

Usage notes

This noun has a suppletive first-person possessed form, ödümö.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jadüi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 112
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “jhaaduichö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• 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, pages 62–65, 69: “jaduchü […] jaduichükö”
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 288