kwai

See also: ƙwai

English

Noun

kwai (plural kwai)

  1. Alternative form of kuai (yuan, Chinese currency)

Anagrams

Hadza

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʷaʔi/

Noun

kwai m (masc. plural kwaibii, fem. kwaiko, fem. plural kwaibee) (Note: the form after a determiner is kwai)

  1. warthog

Maquiritari

Alternative forms
  • (allomorph after i) chai

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí kuae, Hixkaryana kwaye, Macushi kapai, and Waiwai kway.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʷaj]

Postposition

kwai

  1. through, by; indicates motion by way of an aquatic object

Usage notes

This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

See also
Maquiritari primitive postpositions
generic location specific location or goal pathway
object class 1 awö aka ai
object class 2 tawö taka tai
aquatic object kwawö kwaka kwai

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, page 267–272

Wala

Noun

kwai

  1. water

Further reading
  • Jesse Lovegren, Alice Mitchell, and Natsuko Nakagawa, The Wala language of Malaita, Solomon Islands (2015)
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