ö'waasa'kö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ö'waasa'kö
Brazilian standard	ä'waasa'kä
New Tribes	ä'waasa'cä

Alternative forms

• ö'washa'kö

Etymology

From ö'waasa (“how many, how much”) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əʔwaːsaʔkə]

Adverb

ö'waasa'kö

1. (interrogative) how many, how much

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'washa'kö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 139
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ä'waasa'kä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 283