ö'waasa'kö

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ö'waasa'kö
Brazilian standard ä'waasa'kä
New Tribes ä'waasa'cä

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ö'waasa (how many, how much) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ö'waasa'kö

  1. (interrogative) how many, how much

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'washa'kö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 139
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ä'waasa'kä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 283