yöötö

See also: Yootó

Ye'kwana edit

Etymology edit

For the first element, compare the invisible inanimate demonstrative pronoun iyö. The second element -tö is common to a series of deictic adverbs all related to the inanimate demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ɟəːtə]

Adverb edit

yöötö

there (at the place already mentioned that I can’t see)
then (at the time already mentioned)

Inflection edit

Ye'kwana demonstratives

category		inanimate pronoun	animate pronoun		deictic adverb
Caura River dialect	Cunucunuma River dialect	inanimate pronoun	singular	plural	speaker	anaphoric	land	side	watercourse	approximate
proximal	proximal	edö,^Y e'dö^D	mö'dö	—	eetö		eese		eesemjo	sadö
medial	proximal	mödö	mööyö,^Y mööñö^D	kanno	—	möötö	—	—	—	—
distal	medial	möönü	mökkü	makkamo	inña	möntö	mönse	aneeseja	mönsemjo	maadö
invisible	distal	iyö,^Y iiyö^D	ñöödö	ñanno	—	yöötö	unwaa	—	—	—
Y. Caura River dialect. D. Cunucunuma River dialect.

Derived terms edit

yöötökö

References edit

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yöötö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 260–263