muttu

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV muttu
Brazilian standard muttu
New Tribes muttu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muttu]

Noun

muttu

  1. a kind of worm or grub that eats leaves

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “muttu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 229, 394:mutu' 'worm' [] [mụṭu] 'worm' [] mutu - worm, maggot