udjé ædzé
Kariri
Kariri phrasebook
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Alternative forms
- *udjé adzé, *udjé edzé
Phrase
udjé ædzé (Kipeá)
- what is your name?
- 1698, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua braſilica da nação kiriri, page 166:
- VDjé ædzé?
- What is your name?
Usage notes
- Although Mamiani states in his grammar that dzé is a first-declension noun, from which “your name” would be translated as *edzé, there seem to be only records of adzé and ædzé in his catechism, with this phrase being attested in its present form.