-nö
See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"
Ye'kwana edit
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