tawö

See also: tawo

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtavɤ/

Noun

tawö (mutated form dawö)

1. fat

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	tawö
Brazilian standard	tawä
New Tribes	tawä

Alternative forms

• chawö (allomorph after i)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tawô. Synchronically as if suffixed with -wö (“at”). Compare Apalaí tao, Hixkaryana tawo, Macushi ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tawə]

Postposition

tawö

1. at, in, on; indicates a generic location at a non-aquatic object of class 2

Usage notes

This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

See also

Ye'kwana 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, pages 267–272