küdayü

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɨɾ̠aːjɨ]

Noun

küdayü (possessed küdayüdü)

  1. the cricket-vine, Fridericia chica, whose leaves are dried and boiled to make reddish dye for staining gourds and basket strips

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “küdayü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “küda:yu”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • The template Template:R:mch:Carlsson does not use the parameter(s): 
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