kwawö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV kwawö
Brazilian standard kwawä
New Tribes cwawä

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *kuwawô. Synchronically as if suffixed with -wö (“at”). Compare Apalaí kuao, Hixkaryana kwawo, Macushi ka, and Waiwai kwaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʷawə]

Postposition

kwawö

  1. at, in, on; indicates a generic location at an aquatic object

Usage notes

This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

Derived terms

See also

Ye'kwana primitive postpositions
generic location specific location or goal pathway
object class 1 awö aka ai
object class 2 tawö taka tai
aquatic object kwawö kwaka kwai

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, pages 267–272
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