-ñü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Perhaps cognate to a possessive suffix -nü found in other Cariban languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ɲɨ]

Suffix

-ñü

1. Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a very small handful of nouns.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ñü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 114