jatiya

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV jatiya
Brazilian standard fatiiya
New Tribes jatiiya

Etymology

Borrowed from Venezuelan Spanish patilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hʷatiːja]

Noun

jatiya (possessed jatiyai)

  1. watermelon

References

  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 290, 390: “[hati:ya] 'watermelon' (from Sp 'patilla') […] hatiya -ha:tiya -i 'watermelon' […] hati:ya - watermellon [sic]”
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