kumadü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV kumadü
Brazilian standard kumaadö
New Tribes cumaadö

Etymology

From kuma (“to flood”) +‎ -dü (action nominalizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kumaːɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

kumadü (possessed kumadü)

  1. high water, flood, inundation

References

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “chuumadö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 229, 387, 393: “chu:madü 'rising water, high water' […] chu:madü 'high water, rising river' […] chu:madü - rising river […] kuma:dü - to flood, overflow (lit. rising river)”
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