-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