-ÿí

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Tlingit

Suffix

-ÿí

  1. possessive marker

Usage notes

  • In practice, the suffix takes one of the following forms: í/i, ú/u, wú/wu, or yí/yi, depending on the quality and tone of the preceding syllable. The phoneme marked by ÿ is no longer present in surviving dialects of Tlingit, but is marked as such to clarify the otherwise unpredictable stem change.