High Eolic word of the day: cúya

cúya (noun): owner (of). Also frequently occurs as a prefix cu-.

ndaraver cúya-vem lapá púsatan
duty.SOC owner-DEF go.PERF horse.ANTESS
“the owner [of this horse] must take it away”

In its contracted form as a prefix, cu- is a frequent component of lineage names, usually implying ownership of land in a certain region: thus Cuvánda ‘owner of [land in] Vánda province’.

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