nkayedö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	nkayedö
Brazilian standard	nkayeedä
New Tribes	ncayeedä

Alternative forms

• nkaiyeedö, nkaidheedö (Brazil)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *mɨka (“back”) + -ye +‎ -dö.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋkajeːɾ̠ə]

Postposition

nkayedö

1. (Caura River dialect) behind

Related terms

• nkaköi
• nkakökö
• nkawö
• nkayekökö

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 274–276
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “änkaiyeedä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI