owanoma

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Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV owanoma
Brazilian standard owaanoma
New Tribes owaanoma

Etymology

From owano (acquaintance, known person) +‎ -ma (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

Verb

owanoma

  1. (transitive) to teach

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “owanoma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-owānoma-”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021