tawane

== Ye'kwana == === Alternative forms === ta'wane (Cunucunuma River dialect) === Etymology === Apparently from t- -e (adverbializer) +‎ awaana (“to dawn”), although the final vowel in such a construction would be expected to be *a rather than *e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tawaːne] === Adverb === tawane (Caura River dialect) being bright, shining, luminous === References === Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “tawane”, 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, page 301 Hall, Katherine (2007), “taʔwane”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021