kwai

See also: ƙwai

English

Noun

kwai (plural kwai)

1. Alternative form of kuai (yuan, Chinese currency)

Anagrams

• Kawi

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷaʔi/

Noun

kwai m (masc. plural kwaibii, fem. kwaiko, fem. plural kwaibee) (Note: the form after a determiner is kwai)

1. warthog

Related terms

• hatchâ

Maquiritari

Alternative forms

• (allomorph after i) chai

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí kuae, Hixkaryana kwaye, Macushi kapai, and Waiwai kway.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʷaj]

Postposition

kwai

1. through, by; indicates motion by way of an aquatic object

Usage notes

This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

See also

Maquiritari primitive postpositions

	generic location	specific location or goal	pathway
object class 1	awö	aka	ai
object class 2	tawö	taka	tai
aquatic object	kwawö	kwaka	kwai

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 267–272

Wala

Noun

kwai

1. water

Further reading

• Jesse Lovegren, Alice Mitchell, and Natsuko Nakagawa, The Wala language of Malaita, Solomon Islands (2015)