Etymology

From Proto-CaribanCategory:Ye'kwana terms inherited from Proto-Cariban#WEETUCategory:Ye'kwana terms derived from Proto-Cariban#WEETU *wetɨ (“feces”). Hall analyzes the final -tüCategory:Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -tü#WEETU as ultimately a fossilized derivational suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [weːtɨ]Category:Ye'kwana terms with IPA pronunciation#WEETU

Noun

weetü (possessed weetü)Category:Ye'kwana lemmas#WEETUCategory:Ye'kwana nouns#WEETUCategory:Ye'kwana entries with incorrect language header#WEETUCategory:Pages with entries#WEETÜCategory:Pages with 1 entry#WEETÜ

1. poop, feces, excrement

References

• 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