-mü
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mu"
Ye'kwana
editALIV | -mü |
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Brazilian standard | -mö |
New Tribes | -mö |
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-mü
- Forms nouns with nominalized-participle-like meanings from adverbs formed from verbs with t- -e, with the noun referring to the patient argument of transitive verbs or the sole argument of intransitive verbs: ‘the one X-ing’ (intransitive), ‘the one to X’, ‘the one being X-ed’ (transitive).
Usage notes
editThis suffix has a suppletive plural form -aamo, which must be used with intransitive verbs. Some transitive verbs can take both the suppletive plural and a regular plural -mü + -komo with no apparent difference in meaning.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-mü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 146–147