awö
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Nias[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
awö (mutated form nawö)
Ye'kwana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí ao, Hixkaryana yawo, Macushi ya, and Waiwai yaw.
Pronunciation[edit]
Postposition[edit]
awö
- at, in, on; indicates a generic location at a non-aquatic object of class 1
- (with clausal complement) when
- (with clausal complement) where
Usage notes[edit]
A possessed noun that is the object of this postposition does not take the possessed suffix -dü. The postposition can thus combine with nouns referring to body parts and parts of objects to form more complex postpositions/relational nouns.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Ye'kwana primitive postpositions
References[edit]
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 267–272
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 296