inchomo

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	inchomo
Brazilian standard	inchomo
New Tribes	inchomo

Etymology

Probably derived from or of the same origin as insho (“many, much, a lot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [int͡ʃomo]

Noun

inchomo (possessed ntomodü)

1. elder; mature or old man

Derived terms

• inchomo'kö

 

Adverb

inchomo

1. many, much, a lot

   Synonym: insho

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “inchomo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 170, 300, 361, 440
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 224, 391: “*inchonkomo > *inchonkkomo > inchon'komo 'the old ones; very great' […] inchomo - old one”
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 226, 245: “inchomo”
• Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[3], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 294–295: “inchomo”