owanoma

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV owanoma
Brazilian standard owaanoma
New Tribes owaanoma

Etymology

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From owano (acquaintance, known person) +‎ -ma (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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owanoma

  1. (transitive) to teach

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “owanoma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-owānoma-”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021