tünküi dhedümmai
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | tünküi dhedümmai |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | tönköi dhedömmai |
| New Tribes | töncöi dhedömmai |
Etymology
[edit]From tünküi dhedü (“yuca press frame”) + mma (“house”) + -i (possessed suffix), literally “house of the yuca press frame”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (Cunucunuma River dialect) building where yuca is squeezed in a press (tünküi) and processed into yuca flour
References
[edit]- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 400: “tünküi dedümmai - house where manioc flour is made”