a'sa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV a'sa
Brazilian standard a'sa
New Tribes a'sa

Alternative forms

  • a'sha (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aʔsa]

Verb

a'sa (Caura River dialect, transitive)

  1. to grab, to take (grain or liquid)
  2. to choose, to pick, to select

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “a'sa”, 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 227, 385: “[a:'ša:dï] 'to select or choose' […] a:'sha:dü - to choose, select, pick out”
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