-nano

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See also: nano, ñaño, nano-, nanó-, and Nan'ō

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Noun

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-nano

  1. suffix applied to naturally possessed nouns to depossess them; that is, to indicate that they are not, in fact, possessed
    aho : r-aho-nɨ (my stool)aho-nano (stool).

References

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  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN), page 170