awö

See also: Awo, awo, awó, awọ, awoo, and awoe

Nias

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈavɤ/

Noun

awö (mutated form nawö)

1. friend, companion

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	awö
Brazilian standard	awä
New Tribes	awä

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *jawô. Synchronically as if suffixed with -wö (“at”). 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

• -dawö
• yaawö

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^[1], 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