-mjüdü
Ye'kwana
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cariban *-nɨpɨ + *-rɨ. The second morpheme is equivalent to -dü (possessive marker), but seems to no longer be analyzed as such in modern Ye'kwana.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-mjüdü
- Marks a noun as possessed in the past; used with very few nouns.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 119