jomi

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

jomi (possessed jomichü)

  1. chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens
  2. spice, hot sauce prepared from the chili pepper

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jomi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “homi”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 289
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “homi”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • 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 31:jömi