ööwa'tö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ööwa'tö
Brazilian standard	ääwa'tä
New Tribes	ääwa'tä

Etymology

From öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ ewa'tö (“to hang (a hammock)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əːwaʔtə]

Verb

ööwa'tö

1. (intransitive, agentive) to hang one’s hammock

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 138