-mmaja

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

• mmaja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-mmaha]

Particle

-mmaja

1. and, also, too

Usage notes

This particle is a clitic that attaches to the preceding word.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “⸗mmaja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “maha”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 296