tünküi dhedümmai

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV tünküi dhedümmai
Brazilian standard tönköi dhedömmai
New Tribes töncöi dhedömmai

Etymology

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From tünküi dhedü (yuca press frame) +‎ mma (house) +‎ -i (possessed suffix), literally house of the yuca press frame.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tɨŋkɨj ðeɾ̠ɨmmaj]

Noun

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tünküi dhedümmai

  1. (Cunucunuma River dialect) building where yuca is squeezed in a press (tünküi) and processed into yuca flour

References

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  • 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