weetü

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

weetü (possessed weetü)

  1. poop, feces, excrement

References[edit]

  • 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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