yawo

Krio

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba ìyàwó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jà.wó/

Noun

yàwó

1. bride

Nupe

Etymology

Compare Yoruba ìyàwó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jà.wó/

Noun

yàwó (plural yàwózhì)

1. bride

Sambali

Noun

yawò

1. dart

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	yawo
Brazilian standard	yawo
New Tribes	yawo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟaβo]

Noun

yawo

1. first-person possessed form of wo

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “yawo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “yawo”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 69: “yawo”