weetü

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wetɨ (“feces”). Hall analyzes the final -tü as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [weːtɨ]

Noun

weetü (possessed weetü)

  1. poop, feces, excrement

References

  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291
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