-töne

See also: tone, Tone, Töne, and tonę

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-töne
Brazilian standard	-täne
New Tribes	-täne

Alternative forms

• -chöne (allomorph after i)

Etymology

From -tö (distant past non-third-person plural suffix) +‎ -ne (distant past tense suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-təne]

Suffix

-töne

1. forms the plural of the distant past perfective tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are first- or second-person

Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction.

References

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