t- -emje
See also: temje
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | t- -emje |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | t- -emje |
| New Tribes | t- -emje |
Alternative forms
[edit]See the allomorphs listed at t-, -emje.
Pronunciation
[edit]Circumfix
[edit]- forms adverbs from verbs with a resulting meaning of ‘ready to X’, ‘capable of X’ for intransitive verbs and ‘ready to be X-ed’, ‘capable of being X-ed’ for transitive verbs
Usage notes
[edit]It is unclear if t- -emje is best analyzed as an adverbializing circumfix or as a separate unspecified person prefix t- and adverbializing suffix -emje.
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-emje”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 154–155