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Ye'kwana
Etymology
Suffixed with -wö (“at”), from the same root as jaköi.
Pronunciation
Postposition
-jawö
- at the shore or bank of
- Synonym: jaköi
Usage notes
This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗jawö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon