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Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From -ya (recent/distant past perfective suffix) + -to (plural verb suffix).
Suffix
-yato
- Forms the plural of the recent past perfective tense of the verb ei (“to be”) when the arguments of the verb are third-person.
- Forms the plural of the distant past perfective tense of the verb ei (“to be”) when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are third-person.
Etymology 2
Suffix
-yato
- Allomorph of -ato (recent past imperfective non-third-person plural suffix) used for stems that end in i.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 215–216