dadiweyudu

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Presumably includes ade (“brief”) +‎ weyu (“summer”) +‎ -dü (possessed suffix), among other elements.

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [daɾ̠iːwejuːɾ̠u]

Noun

dadiweyudu

  1. the ‘short summer’, roughly September to October

See also
Seasons in Ye'kwana(layout · text)
weyu, wedu (“summer”) chukwamedawö (“start of winter”) konojawö (“rainy season”) dadiweyudu (“short summer”) yatamedawö (“end of the year”)

References
  • 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 28: “dadiweyudu”
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