Kwaza, the case ending -na expresses the sense of "in". -na can be used as a general marked to express several locational senses such as: "under, from, into", etc. -na is often seen with verbs that have a directional suffix: Instrumental -ko -ko is used to mark nouns that function as an instrumental argument verbs: Beneficiary -du -du marks beneficiary arguments: Comitative -dynỹ - dynỹ marks comitative arguments. The matrix verb may be intransitive or transitive. Vocabulary Loukotka (1968) Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Koaiá. {| class="wikitable" ! gloss !! Koaiá |- | head || i-soteː |- | ear || gasí |- | tooth || miki |- | hand || enurí |- | woman || etál |- | water || há |- | fire || í |- | stone || akí |- | maize || achechí |- | tapir || aruín |} For a more extensive vocabulary list of Kwazá by Manso (2013), see the corresponding Portuguese article. Plant and animal names Selected Kwazá plant and animal names from Manso (2013): {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Kwazá !! Scientific name !! Portuguese common name |- | dɨisa || Acrocinus sp. || besouro-arlequim |- | pororai || Ageratum conyzoides || erva-de-São-João |- | huri || Agouti paca || paca |- | tamũkɨ || Alouatta seniculus || guariba |- | wero || Amazona ochrocephala || papagaio-estrela |- | wãtsĩ || Amazona farinosa || papagaio-caboclo |- | hɛ || Amburana cearensis || cerejeira |- | urumãinwa || Anacardium occidentale || cajueiro |- | açɨhi || Anadenanthera peregrina || paricá |- | husisi || Andropogon sp. || sapé |- | temũ || Anostomus sp., Leporinus sp., Schizodon sp. || piau |- | ausisiti || Aotus nigriceps || macaco-da-noite |- | mama || Apeiba sp. || pau-mole |- | jẽjẽkɨdɨ || Apis mellifera || abelha |- | owɨtikje || Apuleia sp. || garapa |- | kumada sikilo || Apteronotus albifrons || ituí-cavalo |- | tjẽrĩ || Arachis hypogaea || amendoim |- | nãrãku || Aramides cajanea || saracura |- | hoi uruhu || Artibeus sp. || morcego-grande |- | dudukerũ || Astrocaryum gynacanthum || mumbaca |- | wadɛ || Astrocaryum tucuma || tucumã |- | hadutu || Astrocaryum murumuru || murumuru |- | erihi || Astyanax sp. || piabão |- | hɨrikoro || Ateles belzebuth || coata, macaco-preto |- | darija || Atelocynus microtis || cachorro-do-mato |- | tsilɛmãi || Atta spp.