-nö
See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | -nö |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | -nä |
| New Tribes | -nä |
Alternative forms
[edit]- -ñö (allomorph after i)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nö
- Forms infinitives and infinitive-like verbal nouns from intransitive verbs, which must bear the intransitive prefix w- but no person marking.
Usage notes
[edit]This suffix can cause syllable reduction.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nö
- Interrogative suffix for verbs.
- Marks the forms of the recent past imperfective tense not exclusive to first- or second-person arguments.
Usage notes
[edit]This suffix can cause syllable reduction. It never occurs alone but is always accompanied by at least the past imperfective marker -a preceding it.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nö
- Forms transitive verbs from a few nouns and from adverbs suffixed with the attributivizer -je.
Usage notes
[edit]This suffix can cause syllable reduction.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-nö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 141, 148–149