jinñamo

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV jinñamo
Brazilian standard finnhamo
New Tribes jinñamo

Etymology[edit]

Hall analyzes the final -mo as a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

jinñamo (obligatorily possessed; possessed jinñamo)

  1. wife

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jinñamo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 113
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “jhinnhamo”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • 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
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 68:jinñamo