tawö
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See also: tawo
Nias
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tawö (mutated form dawö)
Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | tawö |
---|---|
Brazilian standard | tawä |
New Tribes | tawä |
Alternative forms
[edit]- chawö (allomorph after i)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *tawô. Synchronically as if suffixed with -wö (“at”). Compare Apalaí tao, Hixkaryana tawo, Macushi ta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Postposition
[edit]tawö
Usage notes
[edit]This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.
See also
[edit]Ye'kwana primitive postpositions
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 267–272
Categories:
- Nias terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Nias terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Nias terms with IPA pronunciation
- Nias lemmas
- Nias nouns
- Ye'kwana terms inherited from Proto-Cariban
- Ye'kwana terms derived from Proto-Cariban
- Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -wö
- Ye'kwana terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ye'kwana lemmas
- Ye'kwana postpositions