-aatöi

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-aatöi
Brazilian standard	-aatäi
New Tribes	-aatäi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-aːtəj]

Suffix

-aatöi

1. Marks a noun or situation that is seemingly so or falsely believed to be so but is not so in actuality.

Usage notes

Cáceres variously writes this suffix as -aatöi and -attöi; apparently, its exact form remains unclear.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-aatöi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon