ajö'müi
Ye'kwana
| ALIV | ajö'müi |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | ajä'möi |
| New Tribes | ajä'möi |
| historical ad hoc | ahatmi |
Etymology
From ajö (“arm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ahəʔmɨj]
Noun
ajö'müi
- decorative armband tied tightly above the bicep
References
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 385: “ahö'müi - decorative arm bands or bracelets”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “ahəʔmɨy”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[1], 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: “ahatmi”