a'seuwü
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | a'seuwü |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | a'sewwö |
| New Tribes | a'sewwö |
Etymology
[edit]Formed with the verbalizer -wü, though the unsuffixed form is unattested.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]a'seuwü
- (intransitive, patientive) to laugh
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “a'seuwü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 226, 401: “[wa'sennë] 'to laugh' […] wa'sennö - to laugh”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “waʔsenɲo”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021