kümü

See also: Kumu, kumu, and k'umu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV kümü
Brazilian standard kömö
New Tribes cömö

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɨmɨ]

Noun

kümü (possessed kümüi)

  1. (large) knife, machete

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kümü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 290, 393: “i-kü:müy > *kyü:müy > chü:müy 'his machete' […] kümü -kü:mü -i 'machete' […] kümü - machete”
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