awö

See also: Awo, awo, awoo, and awoe

Nias

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈavɤ/

Noun

awö (mutated form nawö)

  1. friend, companion

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí ao, Hixkaryana yawo, Macushi ya, and Waiwai yaw.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [awə]

Postposition

awö

  1. at, in, on; indicates a generic location at a non-aquatic object of class 1
  2. (with clausal complement) when
  3. (with clausal complement) where

Usage notes

A possessed noun that is the object of this postposition does not take the possessed suffix -dü. The postposition can thus combine with nouns referring to body parts and parts of objects to form more complex postpositions/relational nouns.

Derived terms

See also
Ye'kwana primitive postpositions
generic location specific location or goal pathway
object class 1 awö aka ai
object class 2 tawö taka tai
aquatic object kwawö kwaka kwai

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 267–272
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 296
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