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Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
| ALIV
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-a'to
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| Brazilian standard
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-a'to
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| New Tribes
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-a'to
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Etymology
From -a (recent/distant past imperfective suffix) + -kö (distant past imperfective third-person suffix) + -to (plural verb suffix) or -akö (distant past imperfective third-person suffix) + -to (plural verb suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-a'to
- Forms the plural of the distant past imperfective tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are third-person.
Usage notes
This suffix can cause syllable reduction. The suffix takes the form -ka'to when the preceding syllable is reducible and has an onset of k, -ya'to when the preceding syllable ends in i, and -a'to in other contexts.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 213–222