na'kwawö

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV na'kwawö
Brazilian standard na'kwawä
New Tribes na'cwawä

Etymology

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Likely from an irregular contraction of tuna (water) +‎ kwawö (at, in, on (a body of water)). Compare na'kwaka.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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na'kwawö

  1. at the water, at the river

References

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  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 222, 395:[nạ'kuawë] ~ [nạ'quawë] 'near the river' [] na'kwawö - near the river