Adverb
woi
- well, healthy
- Is da ned woi? ― Are you not feeling well?
- (modal particle expressing an assumption, often like English must + infinitive, or (US) guess + clause): probably, possibly, seemingly
- De håm se woi wås eigfånga. ― They've probably caught something.
- Du bist woi ned gånz gscheid. ― You must be crazy.
Interjection
woi
- in response to a negative question or statement: yes; surely; really; on the contrary
- Des is jå ned wåhr. — Woi! ― That's not true. — Yes, it is!
- Kummst heit auf d'Nåcht ned? — Woi! ― Aren't you coming tonight?? — Yes, I am!
Noun
woi
- sea turtle
Inflection
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Demonstrative formss |
Singular |
Plural |
1st person (near speaker) |
woie |
woikai |
2nd person (near hearer) |
woien |
woiken |
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) |
woio |
woiok |
Article forms |
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indefinite |
woimen |
woipwi |
definite |
woiwa |
woiwa |
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References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “woi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “wo:i”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 56–57, 102, 240: “woi”
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 220: “woi”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 97, 176, 193, 196, 200, 207, 418: “woi”