nkayedö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV nkayedö
Brazilian standard nkayeedä
New Tribes ncayeedä

Alternative forms

  • nkaiyeedö, nkaidheedö (Brazil)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *mɨka (“back”) + -ye +‎ -dö.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ŋkajeːɾ̠ə]

Postposition

nkayedö

  1. (Caura River dialect) behind

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, pages 274–276
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “änkaiyeedä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
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