yöötö
See also: Yootó
Maquiritari
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [ɟəːtə]
Adverb
yöötö
- there (at the place already mentioned)
- then (at the time already mentioned)
Inflection
Maquiritari demonstratives
| category | inanimate pronoun | animate pronoun | deictic adverb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ye’kwana dialect | De’kwana dialect | singular | plural | speaker | anaphoric | land | side | watercourse | approximate | |
| proximal | proximal | edö,Y e'döD | mö'dö | — | eetö | eese | eesemjo | sadö | ||
| medial | mödöY | mööyö,Y möñöD | kanno | — | möötö | — | — | — | — | |
| distal | medial | möönü,Y mönöD | mökkü, mö'kü | makkamo, ma'kamo | inña | möntö | mönse | aneeseja | mönsemjo | maadö |
| invisible | distal | iyö,Y iiyöD | ñöödö,Y ñö'döD | ñanno,Y nñannoD | — | yöötö | unwaa | — | — | — |
| Y. Ye’kwana dialect. D. De’kwana dialect. | ||||||||||
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 260–263