Where does “tüwowanomasa” come from?

tüwowanomasa (Ye'kwana) comes from Maquiritari oowanoma, from Ye'kwana owanoma, from Ye'kwana -ma — Forms transitive verbs from nouns and adverbs, with no single clear meaning common to these derivations.

tüwowanomasa (Ye'kwana): being studious

Definitions

  1. being studious

Ancestry of “tüwowanomasa”, step by step

tüwowanomasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maquiritari oowanoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maquiritarioowanomato learn
2Ye'kwanaowanomato teach
3Ye'kwana-maForms transitive verbs from nouns and adverbs, with no single clear meaning common to these derivations

via Ye'kwana t- -e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ye'kwanat- -e
Every word from Ye'kwana -maEvery word from Ye'kwana owanomaEvery word from Maquiritari oowanoma