ümü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "umu"

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ümü
Brazilian standard ömö
New Tribes ömö

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *jumɨ; compare Apalaí jumy, Kari'na jumy, Trió junme, Wayana jumï, Waiwai yïmï, Macushi yun, Pemon yun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɨmɨ]

Noun

ümü (possessed ümü)

  1. father
  2. father’s brother; paternal uncle
  3. mother’s sister’s husband

Usage notes

Some of the possessed forms are irregular: first-person singular jaaja, second-person singular omo.

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ümü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 69, 73: “umü […] ümü”
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