-jünka
Ye'kwana
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -jünü (noun negation suffix) + ka (interrogative particle).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-jünka
- Forms a tag question, asking for confirmation.
Usage notes
[edit]In most circumstances this particle is found in the second position in a sentence (attaching to the first constituent). Occasionally, for unclear reasons, it may appear elsewhere. Unlike the negative suffix -jünü that forms its first element, -jünka can appear with words of any class, not just nouns and pronouns.
This morpheme is properly a clitic rather than a suffix.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗jünka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 158–159