awu

Ewe

awu

Most likely stemming from Proto-Gbe *awu or possibly from Yoruba ẹ̀wù, cognates include Fon awù, Ewe awu, Nupe èwò, Edo ẹ́wù, Owé Yoruba àwù, Èkìtì Yoruba èù, Ifè àwù, Urhobo ewun (shirt), Isoko ewu

awù (plural awù lɛ́ or awù lẹ́)

garment
Synonyms: avɔ̀, avọ̀
coat
Onọ̀ ṣié họ̀ awù yọ̀yọ́ àtọ̀n ná mi / Onɔ̀ cé xɔ̀ awù yɔ̀yɔ́ àtɔ̀n ná mi ― My mother bought three new coats for me

awu m (plural awee f)

Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 9

awu

awu

Kari'na personal pronouns

	singular	dual	plural
first person exclusive	awu	nàna, àna^W	nàna, àna^W
first person inclusive	—	kỳko, kymoro^V	kỳkaro(n), kymonjáro^V
second person	amoro	—	amyjaro(n), amonjáro^V
third person	(use demonstratives)
V. Venezuelan dialect. W. West Surinamese dialect.

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 52, 250
Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎^[2], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aw”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 120; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 120

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