inchomo'kö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	inchomo'kö
Brazilian standard	inchomo'kä
New Tribes	inchomo'cä

Etymology

From inchomo (“elder, old man”) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix). Compare insho'kö.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [int͡ʃomoʔkə]

Noun

inchomo'kö

1. elder; mature or old man

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 391: “inchomo'kö - old one, elder”