kwawö

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

• chawö (allomorph after i)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí kuao, Hixkaryana kwawo, Macushi ka, and Waiwai kwaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʷawə]

Postposition

kwawö

1. at, in, on; indicates a generic location at an aquatic object

Usage notes

This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

See also

Ye'kwana primitive postpositions

	generic location	specific location or goal	pathway
object class 1	awö	aka	ai
object class 2	tawö	taka	tai
aquatic object	kwawö	kwaka	kwai

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 267–272