awö

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See also: Awo, awo, awó, awọ, awoo, and awoe

Nias

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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awö (mutated form nawö)

  1. friend, companion

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV awö
Brazilian standard awä
New Tribes awä

Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *jawô. Synchronically as if suffixed with -wö (at). Compare Apalaí ao, Hixkaryana yawo, Macushi ya, and Waiwai yaw.

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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awö

  1. at, in, on; indicates a generic location at a non-aquatic object of class 1
  2. (with clausal complement) when
  3. (with clausal complement) where

Usage notes

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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

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See also

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], 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