möntö

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See also: Monto, monto, montó, and montò

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV möntö
Brazilian standard mäntä
New Tribes mäntä

Etymology

For the first element, compare the distal inanimate demonstrative pronoun möönü. The second element -tö is common to a series of deictic adverbs all related to the inanimate demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation

Adverb

möntö

  1. there (obviative in relation to möötö: at that other place, at that further-away place)

Inflection

Ye'kwana demonstratives
category inanimate
pronoun 		animate pronoun deictic adverb
Caura River dialect Cunucunuma River dialect singular plural speaker anaphoric land side watercourse approximate
proximal proximal edö,Y e'döD mö'dö — eetö eese eesemjo sadö
medial mödö mööyö,Y möödhö,D mööñöV kanno — möötö — — — —
distal medial möönü mökkü makkamo inña möntö mönse aneeseja mönsemjo maadö
invisible distal iyö,Y iiyöD ñöödö ñanno — yöötö unwaa — — —
Y. Caura River dialect.
D. Cunucunuma River dialect.
V. Alto Ventuari River dialect.

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 260–263
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