shadwajö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV shadwajö
Brazilian standard shadwajä
New Tribes shadwajä

Etymology

From saddö (“to toast”) +‎ -ajö (perfective past nominalizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃaɾ̠wahə]

Noun

shadwajö

  1. toasted cassava bread, toast

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 227, 398: “[šaḍuahë] 'toasted manioc bread' […] shadwahö 'toasted cassava'”
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