owanoma

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV owanoma
Brazilian standard owaanoma
New Tribes owaanoma

Etymology

From owano (acquaintance, known person) +‎ -ma (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [owaːnoma]

Verb

owanoma

  1. (transitive) to teach

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “owanoma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-owānoma-”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021