tawö

See also: tawo

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtavɤ/

Noun

tawö (mutated form dawö)

  1. fat

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV tawö
Brazilian standard tawä
New Tribes tawä

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tawô. Synchronically as if suffixed with -wö (“at”). Compare Apalaí tao, Hixkaryana tawo, Macushi ta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tawə]

Postposition

tawö

  1. at, in, on; indicates a generic location at a non-aquatic object of class 2

Usage notes

This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

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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