Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV -anö
Brazilian standard -anä
New Tribes -anä

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From -a (recent/distant past imperfective suffix) +‎ -nö (recent past imperfective suffix).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-anö

  1. Forms the singular of the recent past imperfective tense.

Usage notes

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This suffix can cause syllable reduction. The suffix takes the form -kanö when the preceding syllable is reducible and has an onset of k, -yanö when the preceding syllable ends in i, and -anö in other contexts.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 213–222