öwa

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See also: owa, OWA, owa', ową, -owa, ọwa, Ọwa, and ˀówa

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV öwa
Brazilian standard äwa
New Tribes äwa

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Noun

öwa (possessed öwadü or ewadü)

  1. cemetery

References

  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “awa”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 397:öwah - cemetary [sic]