-etü'da
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | -etü'da |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | -etö'da |
| New Tribes | -etö'da |
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-etü'da
- marks the verb of a subordinate clause describing the reason why or the cause from which the main clause occurred; because, since
Usage notes
[edit]Verbs marked with this subordinator use series II markers, indexing the patient (for transitive verbs) or the sole argument (for intransitive verbs). The agent argument of a transitive verb subordinated with this suffix is not indexed on the verb itself but instead found separately marked with the ergative particle -uwö.
When the subject of the main clause is coreferential with the intransitive subject of the subordinate clause, the verb of the subordinate clause must also take the reflexive prefix t-.
If the subordinate verb is plural, this suffix becomes -etükomo'da.
This subordinator may be falling into disuse in contemporary Ye’kwana speech, being replaced by a construction using the copula marked by the postposition jökkö.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-etü'da”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 296, 308, 311–313