inña

See also: Inna, inna, -inna, inná, innā, and inną

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV inña
Brazilian standard innha
New Tribes inña

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [inɲa]

Etymology 1

Adverb

inña

  1. there (at a different location from the speaker)
Inflection
Ye'kwana demonstratives
category inanimate
pronoun 		animate pronoun deictic adverb
Caura River dialect Cunucunuma River dialect singular plural speaker anaphoric land side watercourse approximate
proximal proximal edö,Y e'döD mö'dö — eetö eese eesemjo sadö
medial mödö mööyö,Y möödhö,D mööñöV kanno — möötö — — — —
distal medial möönü mökkü makkamo inña möntö mönse aneeseja mönsemjo maadö
invisible distal iyö,Y iiyöD ñöödö ñanno — yöötö unwaa — — —
Y. Caura River dialect.
D. Cunucunuma River dialect.
V. Alto Ventuari River dialect.

Etymology 2

Verb

inña

  1. (intransitive) to rain

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “inña”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, pages 260–263
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