kwawö

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV kwawö
Brazilian standard kwawä
New Tribes cwawä

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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kwawö

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

Usage notes

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This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

Derived terms

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See also

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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

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