-jano

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See also: jano, Jano, Janó, jaño, janö, and jänö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV -jano
Brazilian standard -jano
New Tribes -jano

Pronunciation

Suffix

-jano

  1. late, deceased, dead; attaches to a noun or proper noun referring to a dead person

Usage notes

This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗jano”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon