aamo
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | aamo |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | aamo |
| New Tribes | aamo |
Etymology
[edit]From öt- (intransitivizer) + the descendant of Proto-Cariban *amo (“to weep for”). Cognate to Kari'na otamo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]aamo
- (intransitive, agentive) to cry, to weep
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aamo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 315, 401: “-amo- 'cry' […] wa:munö - tear (of eye)”
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “w-amo-nə”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021