ö'wattö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ö'wattö
Brazilian standard	ä'wattä
New Tribes	ä'wattä

Alternative forms

• ö'wa'tö
• ö'watö (Brazil)

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^[1], Lyon, page 114
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ä'watä”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 223, 291, 397: “ewü'tü 'his hammock' […] yewütü 'hammock' […] ö:'wa'tö - hammock […] öwa'tö - hammock […] ö:'wa:ttö hu:nsada:dü - hammock strings”