ö'wattö

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms
  • ö'wa'tö

Etymology

Likely derived from ewa'tö (“to hang (a hammock)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [əʔwattə]

Noun

ö'wattö (possessed ö'wüttü or e'wüttü)

  1. hammock

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ö'wattö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 114
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “ö:'wa'tö, öwa'tö, ö'wa:ttö”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291
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