otü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "otu"

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtɨ. Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [otɨ]

Noun

otü (possessed otü)

1. meat, catch

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “otü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 220, 291, 396, 404: “d - o:'tü > do:'tü 'his meat' […] yo:'tü 'meat, catch' […] odo:tü - your meat, booty […] yo:tü - my flesh, my meat”