-nü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-nü
Brazilian standard	-nö
New Tribes	-nö

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-nɨ]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-nü

1. allomorph of -dü (relativizing clitic) used after the past imperfective suffix -anö

Etymology 2

Suffix

-nü

1. (non-productive) Forms certain nouns whose possessed forms take no further suffix, with no clear semantic contribution.

References

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291