owanoma

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	owanoma
Brazilian standard	owaanoma
New Tribes	owaanoma

Etymology

From owano (“acquaintance, known person”) +‎ -ma (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [owaːnoma]

Verb

owanoma

1. (transitive) to teach

Derived terms

• oowanoma
• owanomanei

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “owanoma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “-owānoma-”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021