ᴹQ. atwa adj. “double; either/or” (Category: Two)

ᴹQ. atwa, adj. “double; either/or” (Category: Two)

References ✧ Ety/AT(AT); PE22/23, 52; PE23/107

Glosses

• “double” ✧ Ety/AT(AT); PE22/23; PE22/52
• “either/or” ✧ PE23/107 (atwa ... atwa)
• “or” ✧ PE23/107
• “or else, in case of only two possibly alternatives” ✧ PE23/107 (atwa)

Variations

• atwa ✧ Ety/AT(AT); PE22/23; PE22/52; PE23/107; PE23/107; PE23/107 (atwa)
• atwa ... atwa ✧ PE23/107

Related

• atwa “double; either/or” may survive as an (archaic?) synonym of Q. atatya “double”
• etwa “or else” but atwa ... atwa “either/or” ✧ PE23/107

Changes

• atwa “or else, in case of only two possibly alternatives” >> etwa “or else” ✧ PE23/107

Element In

• ᴹQ. atwa e·karne atwa ela “either he did or he did not” ✧ PE23/107
• ᴹQ. enatwa “the second (of two)” ✧ PE23/107
• ᴹQ. matwa e·antane sine nyén atwa tyén “did he give this to mé or to yóu?” ✧ PE23/107

Cognates

• Ilk. ado “double” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)
• S. adu “double”

Derivations

• < ᴹ√AT “back, again, twice; two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT) (AT(AT))

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√AT(AT) > atwa

[atwa]

✧ Ety/AT(AT)