kudiyada

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Compare Kari'na kurijara, Trió kurijara, Wayana kulijara, Akawaio kuriyara, Macushi kuriyara, Pemon kuriyara, as well as Lokono koriara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kuɾ̠iːjaɾ̠a]

Noun

kudiyada (possessed kudiyadai)

  1. curiara, dugout canoe

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kudiyada”, 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, page 290