-nö

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV -nö
Brazilian standard -nä
New Tribes -nä

Alternative forms

  • -ñö (allomorph after i)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Suffix

-nö

  1. Forms infinitives and infinitive-like verbal nouns from intransitive verbs, which must bear the intransitive prefix w- but no person marking.
Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction.

Derived terms
Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -nö
-anö
kö'tünnö
nnejenö
tü'tajö'nö
waamonö
wawonö
wa'sennö
wejannö
wennunö
we'wa'tönö
wönetünö
wönwanö
wöödeetanö
wötönejanö
wötunnö
wünü'nö

Etymology 2

Suffix

-nö

  1. Interrogative suffix for verbs.
  2. Marks the forms of the recent past imperfective tense not exclusive to first- or second-person arguments.
Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction. It never occurs alone but is always accompanied by at least the past imperfective marker -a preceding it.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Suffix

-nö

  2. Forms transitive verbs from a few nouns and from adverbs suffixed with the attributivizer -je.
Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction.

Derived terms
Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -nö (verbalizer)
aamödenö
inñonö
sooko'nö

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-nö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 141, 148–149
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