aamo

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See also: -aamo and aamö

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV aamo
Brazilian standard aamo
New Tribes aamo

Etymology

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From öt- (intransitivizer) + the descendant of Proto-Cariban *amo (to weep for). Cognate to Kari'na otamo.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aamo

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to cry, to weep

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aamo”, 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 315, 401:-amo- 'cry' [] wa:munö - tear (of eye)
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “w-amo-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021