kwawö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kwawö
Brazilian standard	kwawä
New Tribes	cwawä

Alternative forms

• chawö (allomorph after i)

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

• na'kwawö

 

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