e'wa'tö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	e'wa'tö
Brazilian standard	e'wa'tä
New Tribes	e'wa'tä

Etymology

From e- (intransitivizer) +‎ 'wa'tö (“to help”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eʔwaʔtə]

Verb

e'wa'tö

1. (intransitive, patientive) to help each other

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “e'wa'tö”, 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, page 138