ö'wattö

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV ö'wattö
Brazilian standard ä'wattä
New Tribes ä'wattä

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Likely derived from ewa'tö (to hang (a hammock)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ö'wattö (possessed ö'wüttü or e'wüttü)

  1. hammock

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ö'wattö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 114
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ä'watä”, 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, pages 223, 291, 397:ewü'tü 'his hammock' [] yewütü 'hammock' [] ö:'wa'tö - hammock [] öwa'tö - hammock [] ö:'wa:ttö hu:nsada:dü - hammock strings