a'sa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	a'sa
Brazilian standard	a'sa
New Tribes	a'sa

Alternative forms

• a'sha (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʔsa]

Verb

a'sa (Caura River dialect, transitive)

1. to grab, to take (grain or liquid)
2. to choose, to pick, to select

Derived terms

• a'sajötü

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “a'sa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 385: “[a:'ša:dï] 'to select or choose' […] a:'sha:dü - to choose, select, pick out”