Ye'kwana

edit
Variant orthographies
ALIV insho'kö
Brazilian standard insho'kä
New Tribes insho'cä

Etymology

edit

From insho (many, much, a lot; *old man) +‎ -'kö (diminutive suffix). Compare inchomo'kö.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

insho'kö

  1. (diminutive) old man

References

edit
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “insho'kö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon