-düje

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See also: duje, and dü'je

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV -düje
Brazilian standard -döje
New Tribes -döje

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-düje

  1. just as, as, like; attaches to a finite verb form to indicate that what comes next occurs in a like manner to the modified verb

Usage notes

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This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix. It can trigger syllable reduction of the preceding syllable and causes lengthening of the preceding vowel (if not reduced).

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗:düje”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 100, 437