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Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Suffix
-'de
- Used on nonpast finite verb forms to indicate that the action described by the verb will or must be performed later, after some delay.
Usage notes
This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.
Most often used with various imperative markers, -kö, -iye, -'ñojo, -i and -'no, to form a delayed imperative, but also with the nonpast marker -a and future markers -tai and -ta.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-'de”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 160–161