ö'wattö

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Ye'kwana[edit]

Variant orthographies
ALIV ö'wattö
Brazilian standard ä'wattä
New Tribes ä'wattä

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Likely derived from ewa'tö (to hang (a hammock)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ö'wattö (possessed ö'wüttü or e'wüttü)

  1. hammock

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'wattö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 114
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ä'watä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ö:'wa'tö, öwa'tö, ö'wa:ttö”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291