kumadü
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Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | kumadü |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | kumaadö |
| New Tribes | cumaadö |
Etymology
[edit]From kuma (“to flood”) + -dü (action nominalizer).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kumadü (possessed kumadü)
References
[edit]- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “chuumadö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 229, 387, 393: “chu:madü 'rising water, high water' […] chu:madü 'high water, rising river' […] chu:madü - rising river […] kuma:dü - to flood, overflow (lit. rising river)”