saayu
Inupiaq
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).
Noun
[edit]saayu
- tea (Bering Straits)
- Saayu imiqtuni naguuruq.
- Tea is good to drink.
Synonyms
[edit]Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | saayu |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | saayu |
| New Tribes | saayu |
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]saayu (possessed saayui)
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “saayu”, 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 226, 290, 398: “i-sa:yuy > *sya:yuy > sha:yuy 'his salt' […] sayu -sa:yu -i 'salt' […] sa:yu - salt”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “sayu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 41: “saiyu”