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Ye'kwana
- -'chö (allomorph after i)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-'kö
- Forms diminutives of nouns and pronouns.
- töju (“rock”) → töju'kö (“small rock”)
- wodi (“woman”) → wodi'chö (“girl”)
- Forms a handful of adverbs relating to small size or amount.
- Forms the comparative form of adverbs.
Usage notes
The diminutive suffix follows after any other derivational and inflectional suffixes on the word it attaches to.
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-'kö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 110, 123
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 311–312