önwa

See also: onwa

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Possibly from öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ enwa (“to make dance”), although a long initial vowel would be expected.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [əŋwa]

Verb

önwa

  1. (intransitive, agentive) to dance

Derived terms

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