ö'waasa'kö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV ö'waasa'kö
Brazilian standard ä'waasa'kä
New Tribes ä'waasa'cä

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ö'waasa (“how many, how much”) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [əʔwaːsaʔkə]

Adverb

ö'waasa'kö

  1. (interrogative) how many, how much

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'washa'kö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, page 139
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ä'waasa'kä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 283
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