-'se
See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"
Ye'kwana
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a postposition attaching to a nominalized form of the verb, as seen by its Cariban cognates. In Ye'kwana, however, this suffix apparently never co-occurs with a nominalizer—likely the anomalous glottal stop at the start of the suffix is in fact itself a reduced form of the nominalizer -dü in origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-'se
- Forms the desiderative mood, expressing that the situation of the verb is wanted (typically by the agent of an auxiliary copula to which the desiderative verb is subordinated).
- In the complement clause of a verb of cognition, can be used to express the future tense.
Usage notes
[edit]A verb marked with this suffix is negated by -'da and pluralized with -nñe, both also found on adverbs and postpositions. If both markers are present they can appear in any order. However, a plural can also be formed with the noun plural clitic -komo, in which case it combines with this suffix into the form -konse.
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 243–248