'ewaa kwa'llyuw

English: Translation

many houses, a lot of houses

Part of Speech

phrase

Dialect

Campo

Notes

'ewaa: house, houses

kwa'llyuw: Literally, "that are many". Nominalized with kw- from Campo/Los Conejos verb 'ellyuw, "are many, is a lot". Similar to Tiipay verb llyaw, nominalized to kwallyaw, kwa'llyaw, or kwa'llyáwa.

Compare:

'Ewaa 'ellyuw. "There are a lot of houses (Lit. houses are many)."

'Ewaa kwa'llyuw 'ewuuw. "I see a lot of houses (Lit. houses that are many)."