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Pronunciation
Noun
awö (mutated form nawö)
- friend, companion
Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *jawô. Synchronically as if suffixed with -wö (“at”). Compare Apalaí ao, Hixkaryana yawo, Macushi ya, and Waiwai yaw.
Pronunciation
Postposition
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
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
See also
Ye'kwana primitive postpositions
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, 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