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möntö

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See also: Monto, monto, montó, and montò

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV möntö
Brazilian standard mäntä
New Tribes mäntä

Etymology

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For the first element, compare the distal inanimate demonstrative pronoun möönü. The second element -tö is common to a series of deictic adverbs all related to the inanimate demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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möntö

  1. there (obviative in relation to möötö: at that other place, at that further-away place)

Inflection

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 260–263